Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Shakyamuni Buddha

ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ། 释迦牟尼佛
(item no. 74323)
Origin Location India
Date Range 100 - 1 BC
Lineages Buddhist
Size 67.50cm (26.57in) high
Material Stone
Collection The British Museum
Catalogue # 1880.7-9.57, Transferred from the India Museum
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Interpretation / Description

Buddhapada: the stylized feet of the Buddha Shakyamuni from Amaravati, India.

Jeff Watt 1-2004

R. Knox, Amaravati: Buddhist sculpture from the Great Stupa (London, The British Museum Press, 1992), pp. 212-13, no. 121

D. Barrett, Sculptures from Amaravati in the British Museum (London, Trustees of the British Museum, 1954), no. 20

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