© Victoria and Albert Museum
Kushan Seated Buddha
Artist: Indian, made by Mathuran workshop
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: late 2nd-early 3rd Century
Materials: sandstone
Dimensions: height: 68.5cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £10,000 (Total: £60,000)
Vendor: Jonathan Tucker Asian Art
Review number: 5768 (2006)
Provenance:
Essayan Collection, Paris (1950s); Collection of the father-in-law of Dr Sichel, Paris; Thierry Portier, Paris; Jonathan Tucker Asian Art, London.
Description:
Over-life sized seated figure of the Buddha, seated on a plinth in a meditative pose. The figure wears a deeply incised form-defining monastic robe. Made in Uttar Pradesh, northern India under the Kushan dunasty, it is a remarkably early sculpture from the beginnings of the recorded history of Buddha images.
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