Cleveland Museum of Art

Standing Buddha

Date

150–200 CE

Medium

schist

Culture

Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period

Department

Indian and Southeast Asian Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Combining elements from both the Mediterranean and South Asian worlds, the artists of Gandhara created a new vision of the Buddha during the period of high contact between the two regions from the 100s to 200s AD. They were among the first to show the Buddha with a placid expression, thick wavy hair, and clothed in a heavy, toga-like monk’s robe. The cavity at the top of the head may have once held a portion of the Buddha's relics.

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