Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya
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Image View:
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Detail, upper body from the front right with the elaborate dress and hairstyle of a nobleman
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Creator:
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unknown (Indian (South Asian) sculptor)
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Location:
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repository: Indian Museum (Kolkata, West Bengal, India) 5006/A23184
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Location Note:
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(Calcutta); 27, Jawaharlal Nehru Rd. Provenance: from Loriyan Tangai, Pakistan
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GPS:
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+22.558056+88.350833
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Date:
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ca. 2nd century (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Indian (South Asian)
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Style Period:
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Gandhara
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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stone (gray schist)
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Subjects:
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deities; abhaya mudra; Buddhism and art; bodhisattva; Maitreya
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Description:
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From Loriyan Tangai (now a lost site), Pakistan. The damaged hand was originally in the abhaya-mudra gesture, the other hand is holding a water pot (kumbha). In the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, in the first centuries CE in northern India, Maitreya was the most popular figure to be represented along with Gautama Buddha (often called Śākyamuni "sage of the Shakya"). In Gandharan art, Maitreya is represented as a Central Asian or northern Indian nobleman, holding a kumbha in his left hand. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A2-IN-ZOL-BG-SBOD-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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