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Seated Bodhisattva Maitreya in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2007

Seated Bodhisattva Maitreya in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2007
Seated Bodhisattva Maitreya (Buddha of the Future)
Afghanistan (found near Kabul)
7th-8th century
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Accession # 20.58.15

This sculpture is a product of the latest period of greater Gandharan production. It is stylistically related to Shahi sculpture of northern Pakistan and Afghanistan as well as to the latest Gandharan workshops such as those at Sahri-Bahlol.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
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