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6th century · Phyllitic grey schist · Asian Art

This bodhisattva, holding a lotus (padma), likely represents Avalokiteshvara Padmapani. Portable images stylistically related to this one circulated in Gandhara, Kashmir, and as far north as the Central Asian Buddhist kingdom of Khotan, an important trading center on the Silk Road.

Artist

Unknown

Date

6th century

Medium

Phyllitic grey schist

Culture

Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) or India (Jammu & Kashmir)

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987