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Panel with Sakyamuni Buddha

INDIA; Late 9th–early 10th century; Ivory; H: 13.6 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
This panel was created in Kashmir and is thought to be part of a reliquary. It is one of three carved ivory panels depicting the Life of the Buddha.
　 The Buddha wears a five-leaf crown with ribbons hanging down to his shoulders. He wears a necklace and a tight-fitting robe, with hands forming the Dharmacakra (Dharma wheel) mudra. The Buddha is flanked by two seated Bodhisattvas. The lower section of the throne is decorated with lions and a Dharma wheel.

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