The Birth and the First Seven Steps of the Buddha

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 140

Department

Arts of Asia

Title

The Birth and the First Seven Steps of the Buddha

Place

Gandhara (Object made in:)

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101 CE–300 CE

Medium

Phyllite

Dimensions

27.3 × 52.1 × 10.8 cm (10 3/4 × 20 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel M. Nickerson Fund

Reference Number

1923.315

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