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Seated Shakyamuni Buddha
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About this work
This early form of the Buddha image depicts him seated on an altar under the Bodhi tree. A coiled topknot of hair and elongated earlobes refer to his life as a prince when he wore a turban and heavy earrings. Behind his head is a solar disk, like a halo, and lions on the throne indicate the spreading of his teachings in all four directions.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineSeated Shakyamuni Buddha, c. 120 CE. Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, Kushan period. Red mottled sandstone; overall: 51.4 cm (20 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1970.63
