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A red mottled sandstone relief of a Bodhisattva, Northern India, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, presumably AD 2/3rd Century

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30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 680 - 3 580 EUR
2 720 - 3 630 USD
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Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A red mottled sandstone relief of a Bodhisattva, Northern India, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, presumably AD 2/3rd Century

Height 25 cm, lenght 28 cm.

Wear.

Exhibitions

Compare a similar sculpture in the collection of Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.76.147.2).

More information

The dot in the forehead signifies that this figure represent a Bodhisattva and presumably Avalokiteshvara or Maitreya, since the Mahayana Buddhism had not spread so widely at the time.