Cleveland Museum of Art
Seated Shakyamuni Buddha
- Date
- c. 120 CE
- Medium
- red mottled sandstone
- Culture
- Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, Kushan period
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This early form of the Buddha image depicts him seated on an altar under the Bodhi tree. A coiled topknot of hair and elongated earlobes refer to his life as a prince when he wore a turban and heavy earrings. Behind his head is a solar disk, like a halo, and lions on the throne indicate the spreading of his teachings in all four directions.
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