Last Existence: Buddha's Birth

Fragment of a relief showing the Buddha’s Birth, of which only the lower part of Māyā’s and her attendant’s body are preserved. In the Lumbinī Park, Māyā gives birth to Siddhārtha holding the branches of a śāla tree. The infant Siddhārtha emerges from the right side. Gods and supernatural beings witness the event. The base was possibly plain and bears tool marks. These are also found in the back face. Māyā was standing frontally in śālabhañjikā. She wears a sāṛī with a girdle, what appears to be a body chain with stones, a hanging band with triangular indentations ending with a round stone, and wristlets with raised edges decorated with triangular indentations. The attendant, on the right, is holding a frontally hanging hem of the Queen’s clothing in her left hand. The figure is dressed in a long tunic and a mantle, and is wearing shoes and a wristlet of the basic type.