Photo © Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Margalit Slovin |
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Seated Buddha Kushan period, ca. 2nd century Mathura, India Red dappled sandstone H: 24; W: 16; D: 9 cm Bequest of Wolf Ladejinsky, Washington, DC, through the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Accession number: B78.1329 |
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Buddha sits with his right hand raised in the gesture of abhaya mudra: “have no fear.” Beneath his seat are the Wheel of the Law and two deer, alluding to the Deer Park at Sarnath, where Buddha Siddharta gave his first sermon. Digital presentation of this object was made possible by: The Ridgefield Foundation, New York, in memory of Henry J. and Erna D. Leir |
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