Archival Details

• Tradition: Gandhara
• Period: c. late 100s CE
• Medium: gray schist
• Dimensions: Overall: 38 x 36.2 x 9 cm (14 15/16 x 14 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
• Credit line: Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski
• Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1976.152

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.