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Head in wood
Etruscan mirror
Sarcophagus lid
Slab of a Volterra urn
Crater with columns
Kylix
Fragment of relief with Brahmanical ascetics
Monaco
False shelf (Nāgadanta) figured
False shelf (Nāgadanta) figured
Curvilinear relief fragment with scenes from the life of the Buddha
Standing Buddha statue
Head of the Buddha
Parthenopaios crater
Oinochoe con Hermes e Nike
Oinochoe with Hermes and Nike (detail)
Lebes gamikos
Crater of the Ghiottoni
Crater with representation of the myth of Orestes
Fragment of Euphronius
Shield umbone
Pair of earrings and ring
Crosses in gold foil
Sword grip
Solid of Emperor Phocas
Pair of fibulae
Fibbia Gota
Signet ring
Head of Jupiter
Floor
Lovere cup
Floor A
Floor B
Painted altar
Trivulzio Diatreta Cup
Patera (dish) from Parabiago
Heracles at rest
Portrait (possibly Maximian)
Theatrical mask from Caesarea Maritima
Nymph with peplum
Volute oil lamp with figured disc
Epigraph of Pontius Pilate
Lucky fisherman statue
Treasury of Caesarea Maritima

Standing Buddha statue

Anonymous

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Civic Archaeological Museum of Milan

Civic Archaeological Museum of Milan

Corso Magenta, 15, Milan

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Characteristic of the art of Gandhara is the depiction in human form of the Buddha, the Enlightened One. He, wearing the monastic robe, is depicted standing while making the gesture of "reassurance" with the palm of his missing right hand facing the viewer and the left holding a flap. The halo behind his head, almost completely lost, is a sign of the luminous radiation of the Buddha. The character is clearly identifiable thanks to the presence of two of the thirty-two main physical signs that the Buddha presented at birth and that indicated his nature as predestined to become an "Enlightened One": the "circle" in the center of the forehead and the protuberance (rendered as bun of hair), at the top of the head. The elongated lobes allude to the heavy gemstone earrings that Prince Siddhartha wore before leaving his father's palace. The serenity of the gaze expresses the concept of the imperturbability of the "Awakened" (this is the meaning of the term Buddha) now extinct in Nirvana after having reached the supreme knowledge. The statue, originally gilded, was probably placed inside a chapel of worship in a sacred Buddhist area. On the base are also well recognizable four monks in adoration of the Buddha's alms bowl preserved as relics of the master under a canopy.
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Title: Standing Buddha statue

Author: Anonymous

Date: III - IV sec. d.C.

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Displayed in: Civic Archaeological Museum of Milan

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