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MAS.344

stucco

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Title

Stucco figurine of a standing Buddha wearing a drapery folded in pleats. The right hand is raised 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 on top of the head is surrounded by a nimbus. He is standing before a mandorla which has several layers, the two outer ones in the shape of a lotus and a flame border. The back is flat, as this figurine was probably meant to be attached to a background, possibly a vesica.;

Date

400 to 499

Measurement

height 15 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 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 on top of the head is surrounded by a nimbus. He is standing before a mandorla which has several layers, the two outer ones in the shape of a lotus and a flame border. The back is flat, as this figurine was probably meant to be attached to a background, possibly a vesica.;

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Stein site number

K.S.007

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

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