Seated Bodhisattva Maitreya

Details

• Title

  Seated Bodhisattva Maitreya

• Associated place

  Asia › Gandhara › Swat › Abarchinar (find spot)

  Asia › Gandhara (place of creation)

  Asia › Gandhara › Swat (place of creation)

  Asia › Gandhara › Swat › Barikot (place of creation)

  Asia › Gandhara › Swat (place of creation)

• Date

  3rd - 4th century AD (AD 201 - 400)

• Material and technique

  dark grey schist

• Object type

  religious/ritual equipment › icon;

  sculpture

• Dimensions

  56.5 x 46.5 x 10.6 cm approx. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Mr and Mrs Philip Wright, 1948.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.180

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