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Seated Buddha

c. 300 CE
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Afghanistan, Hadda, probably Tape Shotor

Medium
stucco
Measurements
Overall: 36.9 x 26 x 10.1 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 4 in.)
Credit Line
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1967.39
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The way the Buddha holds his hands on his crossed legs indicates that he is shown in meditation.

Description

Multiple images of seated Buddhas and related figures surrounded monuments called stupas that enshrined sacred relics. Made of stucco, which is a lime-based plaster material, the backs of the sculptures were fixed to the platform on which the hemispherical stupa was constructed. Visitors would see these images as they venerated the stupas by walking around them reverently, in a clockwise direction. The main stupa at Hadda reportedly contained relics of Shakyamuni Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of the Buddhism.
A beige, stucco sculpture depicts the Buddha seated cross-legged with his hands folded in his lap. He has long ears, his curly hair pulled into a bun on top of his head. The stucco, a fine, grainy plaster, forms the faintly undulating folds of a robe that covers his upper body and legs, tucked underneath him. He looks out at us, lips pressed loosely together.

Seated Buddha

c. 300 CE

Afghanistan, Hadda, probably Tape Shotor

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