1560
359067
A red mottled sandstone relief of a Bodhisattva, Northern India, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, presumably AD 2/3rd Century
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30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 780 - 3 700 EUR
3 180 - 4 230 USD
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A red mottled sandstone relief of a Bodhisattva, Northern India, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, presumably AD 2/3rd Century
Height 25 cm, lenght 28 cm.
Wear.
Exhibitions
Compare a similar sculpture in the collection of Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.76.147.2).
More information
The dot in the forehead signifies that this figure represent a Bodhisattva and presumably Avalokiteshvara or Maitreya, since the Mahayana Buddhism had not spread so widely at the time.
