Torso de um Bodhisattva

Probably Sahri-Bahlol Workshop

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 235

As imagens de bodhisattvas foram uma dimensão importante do culto budista Mahayana (a seita da Roda Grande da Índia setentrional) durante os séculos IV e V. Os monastérios da região de Gandhara encomendaram bodhisattvas de tamanho grande ao constatar a crescente popularidade destas divindades intervencionistas, que personificam a compaixão budista. Este espetacular torso de pedra, parte de uma figura de cerca de três metros de altura, já procedente do monastério de Sahri-Bahlol, remonta a este período. O modelado sensível e o drapeado da túnica monacal demonstram que ainda perdurava a memória dos contatos com o Ocidente helenístico.

#7910. Torso de um Bodhisattva

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Torso of a Bodhisattva, Probably Sahri-Bahlol Workshop, Schist, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara, mondern Peshawar region)

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Torso of a Bodhisattva, Probably Sahri-Bahlol Workshop, Schist, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara, mondern Peshawar region)
Torso of a Bodhisattva, Probably Sahri-Bahlol Workshop, Schist, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara, mondern Peshawar region)

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