Gods Requesting Buddha to Preach Artist: Unknownfrom Gandhara

2nd–3rd century

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

In this relieft, the Buddha is shown seated in a yogic posture with his right hand raised in a gesture of reassurance, the granting of the "absence of fear" (abhaya mudra). In Buddhism, this is a teaching gesture, since it is through Buddhist teachings that the absence of the fear of death is granted. In his left hand, the Buddha holds the end of his monastic robe.

Medium

Gray schist

Dimensions

8 × 19 1/2 in. (20.3 × 49.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Fred Olsen

Accession Number

1954.52.6

Geography

Pakistan

Culture

Pakistani, Gandharan

Period

Kushan period (ca. late 1st–early 4th century)

Classification

Sculpture

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Provenance
Sticker on back says "Imported from France"; Fred H. Olsen (1891–1986), Guilford, Conn; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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