Object Title
Crowned Bodhisattva
Measurements
H. 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm); W. 13 in. (33 cm); D. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Creation Date
Late Kushan, 3rd century
Credit Line
Purchase, The Fred Eychaner Charitable Fund Gift, in honor of John Guy, 2016
Museum Name
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38634
Provenance Information
Purchased from Moonsail Ltd, Middlesex, UK, by Jeffrey B. Soref on November 26, 1982; Collection of Jeffrey B. Soref from 1982 to 2016; Purchased from Jeffrey B. Soref by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2016.
Exhibition Information
The work has been on loan to and on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1994.
Publication Information
None
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
The work has been on loan to and on display at the Metropolitan Museum for 22 years (1994-2016). This upper section of a standing Bodhisattva figure is a rare and iconographically important work of the Mathuran school of Buddhist art.