Later Buddhist Art
Artist: unknown
Title: Buddha attended by 2 bodhisattva
Material: Chunar sandstone
Site: Sarnath, near Varanasi, India
Current Location: Sarnath Museum, India
Period/Date: Gupta (dated 476-477 C.E.)
Iconography/Iconology: A Buddha attended by two bodhisattvas became
the standard convention for virtually every Buddha in the iconographic system.
While this may be Sakyamuni, it could also be virtually any other Buddha.
Without inscriptional evidence, a positive identification is impossible.
Stylistic Comments: See previous page.
