Teaching Buddha
| Accession Nr.: | 6318 |
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| Type: | statuette |
| Date of production: |
3rd - 5th c.
Gandhara art |
| Place of production: | |
| Acquisition: | donation of Imre Schwaiger |
| Materials: | stucco |
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| Techniques: | hand shaped; moulded |
| Dimensions: | height: 12.8 cm width: 9.8 cm depth: 6.4 cm |
Fragment of a standing Buddha statue. It was glued together from two separate elements, as the body was supplemented with a head that is disproportionately small compared. He holds his hands in the gesture of teaching (dharmachakra-pravartana-mudra).