Scene from the Life of the Buddha: Conception (architectural fragment)
Artist Unknown, Gandhara (Ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)
Description
Subject Matter:
A narrative scene of the conception of the Buddha, in which his mother Maya had a dream that an elephant (here shown in a small roundel over the sleeping figure of a woman in the central panel) entered her side. The figure of the sleeping Maya is flanked by two female guards armed with spears, each standing in a nich, while donor figures stand at the outermost edges of the panel. This panel would once have formed part of the drum of a small stupa.
Physical Description:
A curved stone, originally a facing on the drum of a small stupa, carved with a narrative scene.
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