Buddha Calling on Earth to Witness
800s
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Buddha Calling on Earth to Witness, 800s. Northeastern India, Bihar, Tetravan, Pala Period (750-1197). Chloritic schist; overall: 94 cm (37 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1935.146
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- chloritic schist
- Dimensions
- Overall: 94 cm (37 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Ye dharmā hetu prabhavā tesā hetu tathāgata hya vadat... Translation: The Sanskrit inscription on lotus petals is a common Buddhist creed: "Of all dispositions proceeding from a cause, the Tathagata has explained the cause…”
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1935.146
- Credit Line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition, The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, India's Art, 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Art: The International Language, Sacred India, <em>Buddhist Art. Detroit Institute of Arts, Twenty-Fourth Loan Exhibition, October, 1942</em>. Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 1942).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 243 Indian and Southeast Asian
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