Wall-painting fragment depicting a seated Buddha in meditation

Details

• Title

  Wall-painting fragment depicting a seated Buddha in meditation

• Associated place

  Asia › Afghanistan (place of creation)

  Asia › Afghanistan › Bamyan province (reputedly) (place of creation)

• Date

  7th century AD (AD 601 - 700)

• Material and technique

  straw and mud plaster covered with thiner plaster painted over

• Object type

  visual representation › painting

• Dimensions

  34 x 26.5 x 6.5 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased, 1998.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1998.211

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