Bodhisattva

Description

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.

Provenance

(Glenn C. Randall, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1965); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1965–)

Bodhisattva

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late 100s CE

Accession Number

1965.476

Medium

schist

Dimensions

Overall: 132.4 cm (52 1/8 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund