Model of the Mahabodhi Temple

Period:: Pala period

Date:: 12th century

Culture:: India, Bihar

Medium:: Stone

Dimensions:: H. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm); W. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); D. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)

Classification:: Sculpture

Credit Line:: Gift of John and Fausta Eskenazi, 2006

Accession Number:: 2006.218

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 238

Models of the temple at Bodhgaya, where the Buddha reached enlightenment, have been found in Tibet, Nepal, Burma, and across north India. This model gives a sense of the temple and its exterior imagery. By the twelfth century, the temple and the image it contained were the focus of devotion rather than the Bodhi tree, here relegated to a place behind the tower on the second story.

Fausta and John Eskenazi , London (until 2006; donated to MMA) [John Eskenazi, London, 1995–2006]

Timelines
South Asia: South, 1000-1400 A.D.

Tibet and India: Buddhist Traditions and Transformations
[adapted from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 71, no. 3 (Winter, 2014)]

Department

Asian Art (35,424)

Object Type / Material

Geographic Location

Date / Era

A.D. 1000–1400 (6,905)

Vishnu with His Consorts, Lakshmi and Sarasvati

Artist: Date: 11th–12th century
Accession Number: 57.51.7a–g Date: 11th–12th century Medium: Black stone Accession: 57.51.7a–g On view in:Not on view

Eight Great Events Stele

Artist: Date: 11th–12th century
Accession Number: 2015.782.3 Date: 11th–12th century Medium: Stone Accession: 2015.782.3 On view in:Gallery 238

Vishnu Flanked by His Personified Attributes

Artist: Date: early 9th century
Accession Number: 2015.500.4.10 Date: early 9th century Medium: Bronze Accession: 2015.500.4.10 On view in:Gallery 238

Buddha

Artist: Date: late 6th–early 7th century
Accession Number: 69.222 Date: late 6th–early 7th century Medium: Bronze Accession: 69.222 On view in:Gallery 236

Shiva Seated with Uma (Umamaheshvara)

Artist: Date: 10th century
Accession Number: 1978.253 Date: 10th century Medium: Bronze Accession: 1978.253 On view in:Gallery 238