Buddha Shakyamuni Granting Boons
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Sarnath monastery, at the site of the Buddha’s First Sermonin a forest north of Varanasi, northern India, supported the most influential school of Buddhist art during the Gupta period (ca. 320–550). The Sarnath style came to dominate the Buddha image, becoming a pan-Asian aesthetic. It was transmitted to Southeast Asia in the form of portable icons made of metal, wood, and, surprisingly, stone (cat. no. 9). The aesthetic exemplified by this Buddha had a profound impact on religious imagery in seventh-century Southeast Asia, especially in the sculpture workshops of the Dvaravati kingdom of central Thailand.
cat. no. 10
cat. no. 10
Artwork Details
- Title: Buddha Shakyamuni Granting Boons
- Period: Gupta period
- Date: ca. 475
- Culture: India (Uttar Pradesh, Sarnath)
- Medium: Sandstone
- Dimensions: H. 34 1/8 in. (86.7 cm); W. 17 5/8 in. (44.8 cm); D. 6 in. (15.2 cm); Wt. 144 lbs. (65.3 kg)
Mount: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); W. 17 5/8 in. (44.8 cm); D. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm) - Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: Lent by Asia Society, New York: Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, 1979.5
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art