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–)
Accession Number
1965.476
Medium
schist
Dimensions
Overall: 132.4 cm (52 1/8 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund