relief

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Object Type: relief
Museum number: 2017,3016.1
Description: Stone relief illustrating Malla chieftains extinguishing the pyre after the cremation of the Buddha.
School/style: Gandhara School
Cultures/periods: Gandhara
Production date: 100-399
Production place: Made in: Gandhara (historic)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Takht-i-Bahi
Materials: stone
Curator's comments: There is a relief at the Peshawar Museum in Pakistan which is very similar compositionally (dated 2nd – 4th century AD). It has been identified as illustrating two Malla chieftains extinguishing the blazing pyre after the cremation of the Buddha. See H. Hargreaves, 'Handbook To The Sculptures In The Peshawar Museum', Calcutta, 1930.
Bibliographic references: Zwalf 1996 / A Catalogue of the Gandhara Sculpture in the British Museum
Location: Not on display
Subjects: life of the buddha
Associated names: Associated with: Amitābha/阿彌陀佛/Amida
Acquisition name: Donated by: Frances Stoddart; Donated by: John Stoddart
Acquisition date: 2017
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2017,3016.1

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