Bodhisattva with Radiate Halo and Mandorla
This bodhisattva, holding a lotus (padma), likely represents Avalokiteshvara Padmapani. Portable images stylistically related to this one circulated in Gandhara, Kashmir, and as far north as the Central Asian Buddhist kingdom of Khotan, an important trading center on the Silk Road.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bodhisattva with Radiate Halo and Mandorla
- Date: 6th century
- Culture: Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) or India (Jammu & Kashmir)
- Medium: Phyllitic grey schist
- Dimensions: H. 5 in. (12.7 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987
- Object Number: 1987.142.89
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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