Cleveland Museum of Art

Bodhisattva

Date

late 100s CE

Medium

schist

Culture

Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period

Department

Indian and Southeast Asian Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bodhisattvas, who are one stage away from complete enlightenment, are depicted as royal figures because the Buddha himself was a prince before he renounced that life and finally achieved enlightenment. He wears elaborate jewelry, including a string of amulets diagonally across his chest. The garments are Indian, but the muscular torso is derived from Greco-Roman sources.

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