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Buda històric Sakyamuni en dejuni
Fasting Historical Buddha Sakyamuni
This image, typical of the art of Gandhara, represents the historical Buddha Siddhartha Gautama, also known as ¿¿kyamuni, who lived between the 6th and 5th centuries before Christ. ¿¿kyamuni is shown here affected by the consequences of the six years in which he subjected himself to extreme asceticism, in other words, the repression of pleasures, vices and material needs and the voluntary impositi…
Creator
- Gandhara
Type of item
- sculpture (visual works)
Medium
- schist
Creator
- Gandhara
Type of item
- sculpture (visual works)
Medium
- schist
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Rights
- Museu de Cultures del Món
Creation date
- segle II - III
Places
- Afghanistan
Identifier
- MEB 502-1
- http://hdl.handle.net/10970/objects/H638042
Extent
- 11,4 x 6,7 x 2,8 cm
Format
- tallat
Providing country
- Spain
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-06-15T16:28:43.706Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-04-13T14:59:21.372Z