The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 30, 2023

Base for a Seated Buddha with Figures of Ascetics

c. AD late 100s

Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan Period

(1st century-320)

Gray schist

Overall: 38 x 36.2 x 9 cm (14 15/16 x 14 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.)

Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski 1976.152

Location

242A Ancient India

Provenance
?–1976
Dr. Norman Zaworski [1920-2013], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1976–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Czuma, Stanislaw J., and Rekha Morris. Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 112, p. 202
Chopra, Swati. Buddhism: On the Path to Nirvana. Uttar Pradesh: Brijbasi, 2005. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 77
Diamond, Debra, and Molly Emma Aitken. Yoga: The Art of Transformation. Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 2013. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 6C, p. 138
Exhibition history

Year in Review, 1976. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).

Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 13, 1985-January 5, 1986).

Yoga: The Art of Transformation. Smithsonian Institution Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, DC (organizer) (October 19, 2013-January 26, 2014); Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (February 21-May 25, 2014); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 22-September 7, 2014).

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