A meditating Buddha, seated on a grass-strewn seat under a bodhi tree, is surrounded by male worshippers. This fragment possibly depicts the gods celebrating the Buddha’s victory over Mara the Tempter and his three daughters, who tried unsuccessfully to prevent the Buddha from attaining enlightenment.
Details
- Title: Worshippers Venerate the Buddha
- Date: 2nd-4th century
- Medium: Schist
- Dimensions: 9-1/4 x 22-1/8 x 3 in. (23.5 x 56.2 x 7.6 cm)
- Credit Line: Norton Simon Art Foundation
- Accession Number: M.1980.01.1.S
Object Information
- Pal, Pratapaditya, Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum, Volume 1: Art from the Indian Subcontinent, 2003, no. 28 pp. 60-61
- Campbell, Sara, Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best, 2010, cat. 1634 p. 429
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