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MAS.340

stucco

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Title

Stucco figurine of a standing Buddha wearing a drapery folded in pleats. The right hand is raised in front of the shoulder in the abhaya mudra (the gesture of no-fear), the left hand holds the robe. The head of the Buddha with the elongated earlobes and the protuberance is surrounded by a nimbus with several layer, for instance a lotus border alternating with plain bands.;

Date

400 to 499

Measurement

height 20 centimetres

Material

stucco

Language / script

not applicable

Subject

Buddhism

Description

Scope and content : Stucco figurine of a standing Buddha wearing a drapery folded in pleats. The right hand is raised in front of the shoulder in the abhaya mudra (the gesture of no-fear), the left hand holds the robe. The head of the Buddha with the elongated earlobes and the protuberance is surrounded by a nimbus with several layer, for instance a lotus border alternating with plain bands.;

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Stein site number

K.S.001

© British Museum

The British Museum Reproduced by kind permission of the Trustees of the British Museum

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