Part of a relief depicting the First Sermon. After attaining Enlightenment in Bodh Gayā, the Buddha travels to Sarnath. In the Deer Park, he teaches the dharma to the five ascetics with whom he had shared years of practice.
There are parallel vertical chisel marks on the back and a …
Part of a frieze relief with two superimposed registers, the lower one two unidentified scenes, the upper one two generic scenes. The registers are separated by a straight festoon of lanceolate leaves between plain fillets. The base consists of a projecting plain band topped by a plain fillet. The cornice …
Dividing element in the shape of an encased column of the Gandharan-Persepolitan type with a standing buddha in front of the shaft on both figured sides of the element. A square tenon is carved on the bottom face. The buddha stands with an outthrust hip on the pot shaped element …
A cornice element depicting the Adoration of Buddha’s bowl. There is a vertical socket on the right end of the back side, remnants of sockets are also visible on the sides of the element. On the top there is a horizontal socket for cramp on the left, and a …
A panel depicting the Dīpaṃkara Legend. The bodhisattva as the ascetic Sumati pays homage to Dīpaṃkara – a buddha of the past – with flowers obtained from a woman, and by lying down and spreading his hair on the ground to make a passage over the mud for the Awakened One. Then …
A figured cornice with busts under arches. There are some tool marks on the back, and a socket for cramp on the left of the bottom side. The cornice consists of a plain base, a figured register and a row of bead-and-reels between two plain fillets. The sculpted register depicts …
Part of a cornice, depicting four garland-bearers and figures. The projecting base is moulded. The first two bands from bottom to top are decorated with a half-rosette scroll and a straight festoon with an alternating pattern of oblique weaving lines and pearls between listels. The last two fillets are plain …
A bracket-spacer depicting a male weight bearing figure. The back face shows vertical tool marks.
The figure sits on the ground with the left knee up, the left hand resting on it with the elbow bent at 90 degrees. The right arm is outstretched to lean against the ground with …
A figured bracket-spacer depicting a winged male figure. Tool marks cut vertically across the back surface. The figure is sitting, the left leg is bent with the knee up, the right is bent under the body. His right hand leans against the right knee, while his left rests on the …
Dividing element in the shape of a pilaster of the Gandharan-Corinthian type with a standing buddha in front of the shaft. On the top there are two perpendicular rectangular sockets. A large square tenon is carved on the bottom face. The not-figured sides are cut by long vertical continuous sockets …
Part of a frieze of small stupa depicting scenes from the Last Existence. The recessed base includes a decorated band with a row of pipal leaves between plain fillets, a plain torus, and another plain fillet. The cornice has a row of saw-teeth. On the top of the relief there …
Part of a small stūpa drum depicting a row of sitting buddhas. The base features a moulding with two plain rebated fillets and a torus. The cornice consists of two plain superimposed fillets. Vertical tool marks can be seen on the back face.
The five remaining buddhas are sitting on …
Part of a curvilinear frieze depicting scenes from the Last Existence. There are large vertical tool marks on the back and there is a socket for cramp at the right end of the top side. The base is a plain fillet, the cornice depicts a row of tangential half double …
Part of a projecting figured cornice of small stūpa. There is a socket for cramp on the left side of the top face. The cornice includes a row of male busts and a smooth torus between plain fillets.
The extant fragment shows five male busts holding a lotus in one …
Fragment of a projecting figured cornice of small stūpa. There is a socket for cramp on the left side of the top face. There are toolmark on the back. The cornice includes a row of male busts and a smooth torus between plain fillets.
The extant fragment shows three male …
Part of a projecting figured cornice of small stūpa. There is a socket for cramp on the right side of the top face. The cornice includes a row of male busts and a smooth torus between plain fillets.
The extant fragment shows three male busts holding something (arguably a lotus …
Part of a panel depicting two scenes with buddha and devotees. There are parallel vertical chisel marks on the back. On the extant end of the top side there is a socket for cramp. On the proper right side there is a rebated joint. The proper left side also appears …
Part of a projecting figured cornice of small stūpa. There is a socket for cramp on each side of the top face. The cornice includes a row of male busts and a smooth torus between plain fillets.
The cornice shows seven male busts holding a lotus in one hand, alternating …
A figured cornice with buddha and devotees. There are two sockets for cramp at both ends of the top side. The cornice is divided in two registers, the lower one is a row of voluted carinated arches with upper busts of figures. In the hollows between the extradosses there is …