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Statue of the Buddha beneath the Bodhi Tree

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › India › east India › Bihar › Bodhgaya (place of creation)
    Date
    2nd half of the 9th century - 1st half of the 10th century AD
    Associated people
    the Buddha (active c. 560 BC - c. 486 BC) (subject)
    Material and technique
    stone
    Dimensions
    106 x 56 x 22 cm max. (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    inorganic
    Technique index
    formed
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Accession no.
    EAOS.56

  • Further reading

    Harle, J. C., and Andrew Topsfield, Indian Art in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1987), no. 46 on pp. 37-38, p. 29 | pl. 7 (colour) & p. 38

    Branfoot, Crispin, ‘Pilgrimage in South Asia: Crossing Boundaries of Space and Faith’, Ruth Barnes and Crispin Branfoot, eds, Pilgrimage: The Sacred Journey (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006), p. 47 | p. 48 fig. 39

Location

    • First floor | Room 32 | India from 600

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