Schist panel showing the <i>parinirvāṇa</i> of the Buddha, <a href="https://asia.si.edu/object/F1949.9a-d/"target="_blank">National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian, F1949.9d</a> ; Late 2nd to early 3rd century; Gandhāra; EXH1d: F1949.9d
Schist panel showing the <i>parinirvāṇa</i> of the Buddha, <a href="https://asia.si.edu/object/F1949.9a-d/"target="_blank">National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian, F1949.9d</a> ; Late 2nd to early 3rd century; Gandhāra; EXH1d: F1949.9d
Schist panel showing the <i>parinirvāṇa</i> of the Buddha, <a href="https://asia.si.edu/object/F1949.9a-d/"target="_blank">National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian, F1949.9d</a> ; Late 2nd to early 3rd century; Gandhāra; EXH1d: F1949.9d

Name/TitleSchist panel showing the parinirvāṇa of the Buddha, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian, F1949.9d

About this objectCarved schist panel showing the Buddha at the moment of his passing into nirvāṇa—his parinirvāṇa—at the age of eighty. Tradition records this as taking place between two shala or sal trees (Shorea robusta), but one is missing here as the panel is incomplete.

Date MadeLate 2nd to early 3rd century

PeriodKushan

Place MadeGandhāra

Subject and Association KeywordsOrigins

Subject and Association DescriptionLearn More: Behrendt 2005: 2, 383–92; Behrendt 2012; Huntington 2015; Ratan Parimoo 1982; Seckel 2004: 28–31; Shaw 2015: 48.

Medium and MaterialsSchist

TechniqueRelief

TechniqueCarved

Measurements67 x ?? x 9.8 cm

Credit LineNational Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian.

Object numberEXH1d: F1949.9d

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