SHAKYAMUNI. (BUDDHA) FROM KASHMIR IN RUSSIAN MUSEUM.

                                       

SHAKYAMUNI.  (BUDDHA)  FROM  KASHMIR  IN RUSSIAN MUSEUM.

This is  a Shakyamuni  sculpture from Kashmir   relating to 7th or 8th century  done in  bronze (copper alloy) with cold gold and pigments (and silver-inlaid eyes),. This is on display at
 the  State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg (Russia). The State Hermitage Museum'  is possibly the second largest Museum in the world..Opened in 1764 the  museum's Asian section has priceless art treasures relating to  Byzantium(ancient Turkey) , Sasanian Iran, Islamic Art, India, Mongolia , Tibet, China, and Central Asia .

The description given by the Museum goes as under :

'This buddha also holds a piece of his robe in front of him (rather than to the left side as was often the case on Karkota dynasty sculptures) and his skin has been painted with cold gold all over '

(Avtar Mota)



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