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

Unknown (Kishangarh atelier)

Era

c. 1750 CE, Rajput

Medium

Opaque watercolour and gold on paper

File

7200 × 9600 px · TIFF · 412 MB

License

Royalty-free · Commercial use

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