Standing Buddha
Asian Art
On View: Asian Galleries, Southwest, 2nd floor
This graceful Buddha once stood at one side of a much larger seated Buddha. A similar figure would have stood at the other side. It is likely that the original central figure was the historical Buddha Shakyamuni and that this smaller image depicts one episode from his life story. It is unclear which episode is depicted because the figure has lost a hand.
MEDIUM
Black chlorite
DATES
ca. late 9th century
PERIOD
Pala Period
DIMENSIONS
21 3/4 x 7 3/4in. (55.2 x 19.7cm)
mount (object on mount): 22 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (57.2 × 21.6 × 14 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
86.227.205
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Asian Galleries, Southwest, 2nd floor
CAPTION
Standing Buddha, ca. late 9th century. Black chlorite, 21 3/4 x 7 3/4in. (55.2 x 19.7cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.227.205_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 86.227.205_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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