Seated Shakyamuni Buddha

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
Object ID
145408

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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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Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance
?–1970: (Stendahl Art Gallery, LA, Los Angeles, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1970–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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  • Representative object from the topic Buddhist and Hindu Iconography
    Buddhist and Hindu Iconography

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