The Lokapala Offering Bowls to the Buddha
- Name
- Unknown (Artist)
- Title
- The Lokapala Offering Bowls to the Buddha
- Abstract
- This fragment is the left side of a relief that probably comes from the harmika of a stupa. The relief shows the Buddha with the Lokapala (Guardians) offering bowls, along with other worshippers. Two small figures appear in relief on the column at left. There is a distinct geometric pattern at the top of the relief.
- Accession Number
- 2008.02.009
- Format
- objects; sculpture (visual works); architectural elements
- Culture
- Gandhara
- Genre
- Figures (representations); Religious art
- Origin Information
- Gandhara, India
- Date
- 2nd-3rd century
- Physical Description
- 1 relief ; h. 6 3/4 x W. 11 5/8 x D. 2 1/8 in. (17.2 x 29.5 x 5.4 cm), base: H. 1 x W. 12 x D. 3 in. (2.5 x 30.5 x 7.6 cm)
- Note (Period)
- Kushan period
- Note (Medium/support)
- Schist
- Note (Ownership)
- Gift of Gary K. Johnson (MA 1976, MBA 1980) and Allyson Powers Johnson (MBA 1980), 2008
- Library Location
- Art Properties, Columbia University
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- Catalog Record
- 12755456
- Also In
- Art Properties -- Columbia’s Art Collection Online
- Copyright Status
- No Copyright - United States
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-79sh-8v53