Cleveland Museum of Art
Maitreya
- Date
- c. 200s CE
- Medium
- gray schist
- Culture
- Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The water bottle in his left hand indicates that this figure depicts the bodhisattva Maitreya. It is thought that Maitreya will reach enlightenment after the teachings of the Buddha have been forgotten, in order to spread the teachings again.
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