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Enthroned Buddha

late 3rd century CE
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
This Buddha sits on a throne-seat supported by lions that gaze at two long-horned ibex or deer—a reference to the Buddha’s first sermon at Sarnath. The Andhra style of Buddha imagery is a result of cultural exchange across the Indian subcontinent: Sculptural images of the Buddha in the round appeared in the south in the third century CE, at least a century after versions in the north. The Buddhist art of the Deccan was also impacted by pre-Buddhist as well as non-Indian art, both the long-established sculptural tradition of the yaksha, or nature deity, and Roman aesthetic influences stimulated by an upsurge in Indo-Roman sea trade.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Enthroned Buddha
  • Period: Ikshvaku
  • Date: late 3rd century CE
  • Culture: India, probably Goli stupa, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh
  • Medium: Limestone
  • Dimensions: H. 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm); W. 15 in. (38.1 cm); D. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Lent by Brooklyn Museum, New York, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
  • Rights and Reproduction: Brooklyn Museum
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art