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A 10 page paper which examines the Bodhisattva Maitreya, Indian from the 3rd century BC, which resides at the Cleveland Museum of Art, or may have recently been purchased by the Lowe Museum of Art in Miami. The paper also discusses other Bodhisattva Maitreya sculptures and the development of Buddha sculptures in general. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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there are many different interpretations of this particular religious symbol. It is, for the most part, a sculpture that represents, according to most texts, the figure of the Buddha of
the future, although more recent renditions, historically speaking, describe this titled statue as "as a fat, laughing monk whose belly some considered auspicious to rub."1 The following paper first examines
one particular Bodhisattva Maitreya which is dated to the 3rd or 4th century BC and was made in India. It is apparently possessed by the Cleveland Museum of Art, though
may have recently been purchased by the Lowe Museum of Art in Miami, Florida. The paper also examines the general nature of Bodhisattva Maitreya and discusses the development of this
particular figure in figurative art. Bodhisattva Maitreya In first discussing this particular statue we present an image of the figure so that it can be easily distinguished from
many other such statues. The picture is provided in this paper but will not be in the store copy of this paper. The figure can be viewed at the following
website: http://www.lowemuseum.org/ggml/index.cfm?menuOption=details&ID_NUMBER=94.0016 This particular statue is described as having come from India, during the Gandhara and Kushan periods, and it is comprised of schist and its dimensions are
21 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 9 1/2".2 One author, in relationship to the material schist and its use, states that, "Unlike their Mathuran counterparts, Gandharan sculptures, made between the
first and sixth centuries and carved from gray schist, were heavily influenced by the artistic traditions of the Hellenistic world, most probably as a result of Alexander the Greats colony
in Bactria (western Afghanistan)."3 According to the description offered by the Lowe Museum of Art (2004), "This standing image of a benevolent Buddhist being can be identified as the Bodhisattva
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