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Melikawat: Standing Buddha

CHINA, Xinjiang, Hotan; circa 3rd–4th century; Clay; H: 12 cm; Hotan Cultural Museum, Xinjiang, China
This sculpture was discovered at the site of Melikawat in 1979. The place was once an important monastery in Khotan. The figurine is believed to have originally been part of a group on a larger statue’s nimbus or mandorla. Despite the heavy weathering, details such as the usnisa, the folds in the robe, the left hand holding the robe and the right hand making the abhaya (fearlessness) mudra, are still visible. The figure also had a nimbus of its own, of which a remnant remains.

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