Title: Three-Sided Section of a Portable Shrine with Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
Object type: Portable shrine
Date: 5th–6th century
Culture: Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
Medium: Phyllitic schist
Dimensions: H. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); W. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Gift of Evelyn Kossak, The Kronos Collections, in honor of Samuel Eilenberg, 1994
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Gandhara, term: Buddha, term: Shakyamuni