figure
- Museum number
- 1902,1002.47
- Title
- Object: Bodhisattva
- Description
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Lower portion from an image of a Bodhisattva in 'dhyānamudra'. A semi-circular loop of the uttarīya hangs over the usual paridhāna below the stump of the torso and three fingers, curving slightly upwards, of the vestigial right hand. The seat is a curved gynoecium cone set low above a lotus of two centrally grooved, downturned rows of petals below a narrow register of stamens. The lower, pointed and much longer row of petals has double outlining.
- Production date
- 2ndC-3rdC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 5.20 centimetres
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Height: 14.70 centimetres
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Width: 18.80 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Zwalf 1996:
The Bodhisattvas wear two garments. One, following modern usage, called dhotī, or in Sanskrit paridhāna, is an oblong cloth draped round the waist and so that one of the short sides falls on the left in rounded or pointed ends. A covered girdle may be doubled by another, visible and ornamental. The other, upper, garment, the uttarīya, a long, wide, rectangular piece, is worn is various ways. In a very common style, the uttarīya lies over the left shoulder and on the upper arm and is draped across the back, over the right forearm to hang usually in a low curve below the waist before running in the narrow mode to the left shoulder, where it is wound in one or two loops passing under the armpit.
See also 1861.0728.24.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- 1.Grey schist, broken, exfoliated and with soil incrustation.
2.Top and left side irregularly broken; bottom roughly even.
3.Back partly broken and with some horizontal chisel grooves.
- Acquisition date
- 1902
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1902,1002.47