Pakistan

Buddha Shakyamuni performs the gesture of giving and holds the end of his robe. He sits cross-legged on a lion throne, a traditional symbol for a universal ruler (chakravartin). This sculpture bears many characteristics of bronze images from the Swat Valley, including the dark metal alloy, thick wave-shaped flames surrounding the halo, folds of the Buddha’s robes, and type of throne placed on a lotus with fleshy downturned petals. The robe forms a thick, wide collar at his shoulders and undulating hem at the legs.

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