Seated Buddha
Afghanistan, Hadda, probably Tape Shotor · c. 300 CE · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Multiple images of seated Buddhas and related figures surrounded monuments called stupas that enshrined sacred relics. Made of stucco, which is a lime-based plaster material, the backs of the sculptures were fixed to the platform on which the hemispherical stupa was constructed. Visitors would see these images as they venerated the stupas by walking around them reverently, in a clockwise direction. The main stupa at Hadda reportedly contained relics of Shakyamuni Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of the Buddhism. The way the Buddha holds his hands on his crossed legs indicates that he is shown in meditation.
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Details
- Maker
- Afghanistan, Hadda, probably Tape Shotor
- Date
- c. 300 CE
- Medium
- stucco
- Dimensions
- Overall: 36.9 x 26 x 10.1 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 4 in.)
- Place of origin
- Afghanistan
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · On view · 001A ArtLens Exhibition
- Credit line
- Edward L. Whittemore Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0