Cleveland Museum of Art
Seated Buddha
- Date
- 200s CE
- Medium
- sandstone
- Culture
- Northern India, Mathura, Kushan period
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Artists in the north Indian city of Mathura reinterpreted the appearance of the Greco-Roman style of drapery, which was popular in the region of Gandhara, in present-day Pakistan. They preferred a more otherworldly, abstracted rendition of the folds, giving the Buddha a powerful, superhuman energy.
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