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Seated Buddha in the Attitude of Preaching   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Gandharan
Title
Seated Buddha in the Attitude of Preaching
Description
English: The Buddha's hand gesture, or mudra, is called dharma-chakra. It reveals the Buddha to be preaching a sermon in which he explains the four Noble Truths of human existence and the path to enlightenment. Many sculptures of this type were created in the Gandharan region of present-day Pakistan. This region had fallen under the control of Alexander the Great during his conquest in the 4th century BC, and the sculptors there were greatly influenced by Greco-Roman artistic traditions.
Date 2nd century
date QS:P571,+150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
(Kushan)
Medium phyllite
Dimensions H: 63 cm (24.8 in)
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
25.123
Place of creation Kushan Empire (in Gandharan Region)
Object history
Exhibition history Unearthly Elegance: Buddhist Art from the Griswold Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995.
Credit line Bequest of A. B. Griswold, 1992
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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Seated Buddha in the Attitude of Preaching, 2nd-century Gandharan art: the hand gesture (mudra) indicates that the Buddha is delivering a sermon.

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