Title: Fasting Buddha Shakyamuni
Object type: Figure
Date: 3rd–5th century
Culture: Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
Period: Kushan period
Medium: Schist
Dimensions: H. 10 15/16 in. (27.8 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Ex Coll.: Columbia University, Purchase, Rogers, Dodge, Harris Brisbane Dick and Fletcher Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1987
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Gandhara, term: Buddhism, term: Buddha, term: Shakyamuni