Bodhisattva Maitreya

A seated figure of the Bodhisattva Maitreya with his hands in the dhyana mudra in his lap holding a small pear-shaped flask (now largely sliced off). He is seated cross-legged with the soles of his feet pointing upwards on a squab cushion resting on a draped plinth.

Kind

artefact

Date

100–400 CE