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Gandharan, Gandhara

Head of Buddha Shakyamuni, 1-200 CE

Now On View

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Gandharan

Title

Head of Buddha Shakyamuni

Year

1-200 CE

Medium

Gray schist

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • schist

Dimensions

28.9 x 17.5 x 17.8 cm (11 3/8 x 6 7/8 x 7 inches)

Place

Gandhara

Type

  • Sculpture

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Fund

Object Number

81.211

Projects & Publications

Publications

Selected Works

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

A Decade of Collecting (Painting and Sculpture; Prints, Drawings, and Photographs)

June 26 - September 20, 1987

A Decade of Collecting (Costume and Textiles)

July 17 - September 6, 1987

Indian Art for the RISD Collection

August 23, 1985 - March 9, 1986

Born in the Himalayan foothils as the prince Siddhartha Gautama in the mid-6th century B.C.E., the Buddha (Enlightened One) renounced his wordly riches in favor of meditation and teaching. His ethical teachings would later have a profound influence in almost all corners of Asia. At first he was only represented by abstract symbols but later he was also shown in human form. This head detached from a larger figure exhibits the classical traits so typical of works from Gandhara, an area to the northwest of India which had been conquered by Alexander the Great in 327 B.C.E.

Rockefeller Asian Art Gallery

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