Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Bodhisattva Maitreya
Image View:
Detail, of head with mustache, torso and hand in abhaya mudra
Creator:
unknown (Indian (South Asian))
Location:
repository: Indian Museum (Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
Location Note:
(Calcutta); 27, Jawaharlal Nehru Rd. Provenance: Loriyan Tangai, Swat Valley, N.W.F.P., Pakistan
GPS:
22.558056 88.350833
Date:
ca. 2nd century CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Indian (South Asian)
Style Period:
Gandhara
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
gray schist (stone)
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
60.96 cm (height) x 39.37 cm (width)
Subjects:
deities; abhaya mudra; Buddhism and art; Bodhisattva; Pakistan; Buddhist
Description:
Image of Bodhisattva is seated on throne decorated with a crude Corinthian pilaster at each end and a row of six Bodhisattvas seated in meditation in between. His hair is decorated with a network of beads. The right hand is lifted up in the abhaya mudra (protection, dispelling of fear gesture). The Corinthian pilasters, mustache, and heavy toga-like drapery are part of the Hellenistic influences (from the 2nd-century Hellenistic art of Egypt and Syria) in sculpture from the Gandhara region, part of the ancient Silk Road trade routes, which extended through Afghanistan. This statue is from Loriyan Tangai in the Swat Valley. (Source: Google Arts & Culture [website]; https://www.google.c om/culturalinstitute /)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A2-IN-ZOL-BG-MALT-A 02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Bodhisattva Maitreya