Buddha Bust Stele Fragment
Title Buddha Bust Stele Fragment
Accession Number AM-SCL-930
Museum Name Allahabad Museum, Prayagraj
Gallery Name Early Sculpture
Object Type Sculpture
Main Material Stone
Manufacturing Technique Chisiling and Carving
Artist's Nationality Indian
Country India
Provenance Vihar, Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh.
Origin Place Vihar, Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh.
Find Place Vihar, Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh.
Style Late Gupta
Patron/Dynasty Late Gupta
Period / Year of Work C.7th Century CE
Dimensions 37 x 14 cm
Brief Description

The Buddha bust is shown on stele fragment.

Detailed Description

The sculpture is broken so that only the head and part of the right shoulder remain.The Buddha, nimbate, wears a diaphanous samghati with raised ridges depicting folds as are found on Buddha images of the Gupta period from Mathura. Folds of this type are not generally seen on images from this area. The face has plump cheeks, a bow-shaped mouth, and raised eye-brows. The folds of flesh on the neck are emphasized. A flying Deva bearing a garland can be seen above the figure.

Part of the cross-bar of a throne back can be seen in low relief behind the right shoulder. Stylistically this head is reminiscent of Sarnath images made after the fifth century CE.