Bodhisattva
AD late 100s
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Bodhisattva, AD late 100s. Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period (c. 80-375). Schist; overall: 132.4 cm (52 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1965.476 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.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- schist
- Medium
- schist
- Dimensions
- Overall: 132.4 cm (52 1/8 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1965.476
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 242A Ancient India
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