Transportation of the Relics
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Shakyamuni meditates seated in a yogic posture, with his hands in a gesture of meditation. The surface is abraded, defacing the rippling garment which denotes the sculpture's early Gupta origin.
Caption
Transportation of the Relics, 1st–2nd century. Gray schist, 6 1/4 x 11 x 2 3/8 in. (15.9 x 27.9 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.34. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Title
Transportation of the Relics
Date
1st–2nd century
Period
Kushan Period
Geography
Place made: Gandhara, India
Medium
Gray schist
Classification
Dimensions
6 1/4 x 11 x 2 3/8 in. (15.9 x 27.9 x 6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
Accession Number
86.227.34
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