Buddha; male devotee

A stele statue depicting the Buddha. The base is moulded and features a projecting cornice. A male devotee is carved on the front face, partly superimposed over both the base and cornice. He is kneeling in a three-quarter view, and his head is raised towards the Buddha. He has joined hands and wears a paridhāna, scanty traces of which are still discernible, and earrings. The Buddha is standing frontally, his right hand was in abhayamudrā, his left held an edge of the saṃghāti. The overrobe shows a V-shaped neckline and the drapery is rendered in dense V-shaped folds. He has a circular ūrṇā in relief, arched eyebrows, half-closed eyes, a pointed nose, and a thin mouth. The hair is parted in the middle with lateral continuous waves and the uṣṇīṣa is separate. The nimbus has a plain border and field, and an inner band decorated with radiate triangles with two parallel lines.