buddha, gandhara, 100s CE

Scenes from the Life of Buddha

Archival Details

Gandharan sculpture developed in the ancient region spanning present-day northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, roughly 1st–5th century CE, and is known for blending Greco-Roman stylistic conventions with Buddhist subject matter. Grey schist is a common medium, and the tradition produced some of the earliest anthropomorphic images of the Buddha.

Artwork Details

Artist

Gift of George P. Bickford

Tradition

Gandhara

File

1995 × 2560 px · JPG · 626 KB

Accession no.

1958.474

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