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Bodhisattva
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Bodhisattvas, who are one stage away from complete enlightenment, are depicted as royal figures because the Buddha himself was a prince before he renounced that life and finally achieved enlightenment. He wears elaborate jewelry, including a string of amulets diagonally across his chest. The garments are Indian, but the muscular torso is derived from Greco-Roman sources.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBodhisattva, late 100s CE. Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period. Schist; overall: 132.4 cm (52 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1965.476
