Archival Details
- Tradition: Gandhara
- Period: 1–100 CE
- Medium: gray schist
- Dimensions: Diameter: 4 cm (1 9/16 in.); Overall: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.)
- Credit line: Bequest of Elizabeth B. Blossom
- Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1977.64
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.