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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Nationality: Asian; Indian Sub-Continent; Indian Creator Name-CRT: India, Mathura, Kushan Period (1st century-320) Title: Seated Sakyamuni Title Type: Primary View: Full View Creation Start Date: 80 Creation End Date: 110 Creation Date: late 1st century - early 2nd century A.D. Object Type: Sculpture Classification Term: Sculpture-stone Materials and Techniques: red mottled sandstone Dimensions: Overall: 51.4cm AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA ID Number: 1970.63 Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html Style or Period: India, Mathura, Kushan Period (1st century-320) Context: This Buddha is placed on a lion pedestal, part of which is broken off. The pedestal was undoubtedly flanked on both sides by seated lions in profile; its center is decorated with the same animal shown frontally.Sakyamuni is seated, cross-legged, with the right hand expressing the abhaya mudra and the left resting on his thigh. His body is clad in a transparent garment. The massive round head displays fleshy Kusana features, while the hair is indicated only by the hairline and the kaparda (coil of hair) on the top of the head. The figure was flanked by the pair of attendants Brahma and Indra, but only Brahma with the chauri (on the Buddha's proper right) remains, Indra having been broken off with the upper part of the stele. Enough of the stele remains to determine that a scalloped halo encircled Buddha's head and that around it was the bodhi tree, which is also articulated along the back of the stele.The sculpture was conceived almost like a sculpture in the round, even if the impression is more that of two reliefs put together. The reverse side shows the entire bodhi tree with tree trunk, branches, and foliage, and adds such captivating accents as a squirrel on one of the branches. It also shows the back of the throne, the Buddha, and his attendants. The stele is perforated to enforce the effect of a sculpture in the round.There are a number of other kapardin-type Buddhas known. Most of those in India were recently published by R. C. Sharma. In this country there are incomplete steles in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and a small stele in the Alsdorf collection in Chicago. AMICA ID: CMA_.1970.63 AMICA Library Year: 2000 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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