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Seated Buddha
AD 200s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Artists in the north Indian city of Mathura reinterpreted the appearance of the Greco-Roman style of drapery, which was popular in the region of Gandhara, in present-day Pakistan. They preferred a more otherworldly, abstracted rendition of the folds, giving the Buddha a powerful, superhuman energy.
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Details
- Title: Seated Buddha
- Date Created: AD 200s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 63 x 58.5 cm (24 13/16 x 23 1/16 in.)
- Provenance: (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.94
- Medium: sandstone
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: Northern India, Mathura, Kushan period (c. AD 80–320)
- Credit Line: Edward L. Whittemore Fund
- Collection: Indian Art - Kushan, Mathura
- Accession Number: 1941.94
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