A Divine Garland Bearer

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A Divine Garland Bearer

Pakistan, Gandhara region, 2nd century
Sculpture
Gray schist
24 x 5 1/2 x 6 in. (60.96 x 13.97 x 15.24 cm)
William Randolph Hearst Collection (47.8.13)
South and Southeast Asian Art
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

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This svelte portrayal of a divine garland bearer (maladhari) symbolically conveyed the bestowing of great spiritual honor. He is turned to his left and, thus, likely originally flanked an image of the Buddha Shakyamuni in an iconic representation or narrative frieze. The youthful figure is nimbate indicating his divinity. He has an elegant coiffure, wears fine jewelry, and stands barefoot on a lotus calyx atop a columnar tang. In his right hand, he holds the end of a long jeweled garland that once continued across his dhoti.
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Bibliography

  • El Universo de la India: Obras Maestras del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Angeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda, 2012.

  • Perception: An Exhibition of Sculpture for the Sighted and Blind.  Sacramento:  California Arts Commission, 1971.

  • El Universo de la India: Obras Maestras del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Angeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda, 2012.

  • Perception: An Exhibition of Sculpture for the Sighted and Blind.  Sacramento:  California Arts Commission, 1971.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya.  The Sacred and Secular in Indian Art.  Santa Barbara, CA:  University of California, 1974.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Indian Sculpture, vol.1. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1986.
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