Foreigners and Non-Buddhists Drink, Dance, and Play Music, from a Buddhist Stupa Site, gandhara, c. 100 CE

Foreigners and Non-Buddhists Drink, Dance, and Play Music, from a Buddhist Stupa Site

Archival Details

  • Tradition: Gandhara
  • Period: c. 100 CE
  • Medium: schist
  • Dimensions: Overall: 49.6 x 150.5 cm (19 1/2 x 59 1/4 in.); First Section: 17.1 x 44.5 cm (6 3/4 x 17 1/2 in.); Second Section: 16.5 x 53 cm (6 1/2 x 20 7/8 in.); Third Section: 16 x 53 cm (6 5/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
  • Credit line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
  • Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1930.328

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

Dudley P. Allen Fund

Tradition

Gandhara

File

2345 × 2560 px · JPG · 881 KB

Accession no.

1930.328

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