Relief depicting The Dream of Queen Maya
On display
In this relief, within the royal palace Queen Maya, mother-to-be of the Buddha, dreams of a white elephant (here damaged) which descends from heaven and enters her right side.
Details
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Title
Relief depicting The Dream of Queen Maya
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Associated place
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Date
1st - 2nd century AD (AD 1 - 200)
Kushan Period (AD 50 - 600) -
Material and technique
grey schist
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
28.2 x 59 x 5.8 cm max. (height x width x depth) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Jeremy and Helen Knowles, in memory of Anthony Gardner, 1997.
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Museum location
Ground floor | Gallery 12 | India to AD 600 -
Museum department
Eastern Art
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Accession no.
EA1997.198
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Further reading
Jongeward, David, Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2019), no. 12 on p. 36
Topsfield, Andrew, ‘Indian Art at the Ashmolean Museum’, Oriental Art, 43/4, (Winter 1997-1998), p. 28, illus. p. 24 fig. 4
