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Last existence: Bodhisattva in Tuṣīta Heaven

Part of a simple false-niche depicting the Bodhisattva in Tuṣita Heaven. Tuṣita is the abode of the deities and bodhisattvas. The buddha-to-be Maitreya resides here, as other bodhisattvas do before they are reborn in the human realm as buddhas. Śākyamuni also resided in Tuṣita before his last existence. The base …

Vine scroll

Fragment of a cornice decorated with a vine scroll with tendrils. On the top side to the left there is a large socket.

Garland bearers

Fragment of a relief showing the lower part of two garland-bearers. The base consisted of a plain torus and a plain fillet, the cornice is not preserved. There are asome scattered toolmarks on the back face. On the left, a bearer is standing turned to his right, his left hand …

Buddha

Stucco head of a Buddha. The figure has semi-closed eyes and the hair with horizontal rows of overlaid waves and separate uṣṇīṣa.

Buddha

Stucco head of a Buddha with semi closed elongated eyes, straight nose, thin lips, elongated ears and a sharp eyebrow line. The hair is rendered with short strokes in the stucco, the uṣṇīṣa is separated. The urna is rendered with a red circlet.

Buddha

Stucco head of a Buddha with semi closed eyes, broad nose, thin lips, and elongated ears. The hair is rendered with short strokes in the stucco, the uṣṇīṣa is separated.

Male figure

Stucco head of a figure with large semi-closed eyes, straight nose and large mouth. He wears a turban with zones now missing the fantail on top.

Bodhisattva

Head of a male princely figure, probably a Bodhisattva. The fragment depicts a round face with semi closed eyes and small nose and mouth. The male figure wears large earrings and his hair is disposed in a short wavy fringe running around the face, held by a string with a …

Buddha

Stucco head of a Buddha with semi closed elongated eyes, straight nose, slightly smiling thin lips, and elongated ears. He has a separated uṣṇīṣa, the rendering of the hair is not discernible.

Buddha

Stucco head of a Buddha with large bulging semi-closed eyes and plump face. The hair is rendered with vertical rows of waves; the separate uṣṇīṣa is now lost.

Buddha

Stucco head of a Buddha with large elongated eyes and a small mouth. The hair is arranged in vertical rows of waves with separated uṣṇīṣa.

Buddha

Face of a stucco figure with large elongated eyes and plump face probably Buddha or a monk. The hair is rendered with rows of dots.

Male figure

Stucco head of a male figure with a vivid facial expression. He wears large earrings and a turban with zones and fantail worn sideways.

Buddha

Stucco head of a Buddha with bulging semi-closed eyes, elongated ears, a broad nose and mouht with a plump lower lip. His hair is rendered with vertical strands converging at centre, with separate uṣṇīṣa.

Male figure

Stucco head of a male figure with large bulging eyes, large nose and large mouth. He wears a helmet with traces of a diadem on the front.

Buddha

Stucco head of a Buddha with semi-closed eyes and elongated ears. The hair is rendered with hair with vertical broken waves converging at centre; not separate uṣṇīṣa.

Tritons

Part of a figured frieze with encased tritons. The base consists of a plain fillet, as well as the cornice. There are two rectangular tenons on the top, and a small socket at the right end of this same side. On the bottom there are also two rectangular tenons. There …

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Last Existence: Visit of the Ascetics

Gandharan-Corinthian capital