Relief fragment depicting the Buddha and his worshippers

Details

• Title

  Relief fragment depicting the Buddha and his worshippers

• Associated people

  the Buddha (active c. 560 BC - c. 486 BC) (subject)

• Associated place

  Asia › Gandhara (place of creation)

• Date

  2nd - 3rd century AD (AD 101 - 300)

• Material and technique

  light grey schist, with some visible quartz crystal flecks, chiselled

• Object type

  architecture › frieze;

  architecture › relief › temple-relief;

  sculpture › figure › figurine;

  sculpture

• Dimensions

  13 x 31 x 6 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Reverend J. C. Murray-Aynsley, 1911.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAOS.26.j

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