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Cup with spout
Cup with ibex
Akshobya
Box for paper and documents
Candlestick base
Safavid tile
Commentary on the 40 Traditions
Fragment of Prabhamandala
Ushnishavijaya
Stupa with cosmic Buddhas
Mamluk Ampoule
Prajñaparamita manuscript with double cover
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Tamon-Ten
Akshobhya the Buddha of the eastern direction
Mirror box
Inro with Tokaido stations
glass thu
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Reclining Buddha in Parinirvana
Fox dance
Architectural fragment with Shiva and a Vyala
Anthropomorphic neck jar
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Jnana Dakshinamurti
Head of Vishnu
Shalabhanjika
destroy
Worship of Krishna
Head of a bearded man (Silenus or Atlas)
Buddha and ascetic
The defeat of Mara
Shakyamuni Buddha on the throne of lions

The defeat of Mara

Anonymous

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Relief fragment representing the assault of Mara's army; the panel is bordered on the sides by two semi-columns with a Gandharic-Corinthian capital; at the top, the relief has a frame with a motif of winged dragons following one another. In the narrative panel below, the Buddha sits in Padmasana on a low throne, surrounded by the demons of the army. The hair is gathered on the top of the head to form the ushnisha; the left hand holds a hem of the monk's robe and the right is turned down to invoke the earth as a witness of its right to attain enlightenment, in the gesture of bhumisparshamudra. To the left of the Buddha in the foreground is Mara, with a cloak, turban and voluminous cylindrical earrings, in the act of extracting a large sword from its sheath. The demons of the army, arranged on three sides, are equipped with mustaches and wear a diamond-shaped armor; at the foot of the throne are three demons defeated and crushed to the ground.
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Title: The defeat of Mara

Author: Anonymous

Date: I-II sec. d.C.

Technique: Gray shale

Displayed in: MAO - Museum of Oriental Art

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