Figures Making Offerings
Schist
Figures Making Offerings
PAKISTAN
This Gandharan relief panel depicts six figures located between a pair of Indo-Corinthian columns. They stand in related pairs but are also unified as a group by the rhythm of their separate movements. Each figure is holding a lotus in one hand, while the other hand is generally placed on the hip. Their hair is elaborately dressed and they wear formal robes that leave most of the upper body bare. The dynamic posture of each figure is individually posed. Aristocratic in appearance, they are most likely benefactors. The muscular form of the bodies and details of the clothing strongly reflect the Hellenistic decorative style.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 328.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Figures Making Offerings." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 328.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Figures Making Offerings" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:328.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Figures Making Offerings. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 328).
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