Stele with the Eight Great Deeds of Buddha

STELE WITH THE EIGHT GREAT DEEDS OF BUDDHA.

Origin: North India.
Dynasty: Pala dynasty (750-1161).
Date: 12th c.
Technique: Black shiny stone, schist, with earth adherence.
Description: At the center the Buddha Maravijaya in the gesture of asking the earth to witness the
moment of his enlightenment on a double lotus and a high pedestal with cloth. On lotus
pedestals to his sides he is shown in sitting or standing form, in stages of his life.
This also includes turning the wheel of the teaching. Above his head he is shown in the
moment his physical death, the entrance to Parinirvana in Kushinagara.
Measurement: Height 66cm, width 30cm, depth 12cm.
Condition A/B.
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