Asian Art
Maitreya
Permanent ExhibitionSculpture
Details
- Author / creator
- Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period
- Object type
- Sculpture
- Date or period
- c. 200s CE
- Dimensions summary
- Overall: 66.3 cm
- Maker or workshop
- Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period
- Period / style
- Gothic
About this object
The water bottle in his left hand indicates that this figure depicts the bodhisattva Maitreya. It is thought that Maitreya will reach enlightenment after the teachings of the Buddha have been forgotten, in order to spread the teachings again.
Materials and technique
Gray schist
