SculptureAfghan2nd-4th century CE

Seated Bodhisattva in Meditation, His Hands in Dhyana-mudra

2nd-4th century

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Stucco

Medium

Stucco with traces of polychromy; Gandharan style, perhaps from Hadda, Afghanistan

Culture

Afghan

Period

Kushan period, c.100 BCE-250 CE

Century

2nd-4th century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 51 x W. 30.5 x D. 12 cm (20 1/16 x 12 x 4 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Ellen O. Jennings, Ipswich, MA (by 1978), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1978.

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