The Conception of the Buddha-to-be in Queen Maya's dream
Place of OriginPakistan, ancient region of Gandhara
Dateapprox. 100-300
MaterialsStone (phyllite)
DimensionsH. 10 in x W. 11 in x D. 2 in, H. 25.4 cm x W. 28 cm x D. 5.1 cm
Credit LineThe Avery Brundage Collection
Object numberB64S5
DepartmentSouth Asian Art
ClassificationsSculpture
On View
On viewLocationGallery 1
More Information1. The conception of the Buddha-to-be in Queen Maya’s dream
And lying down on the royal couch, Queen Maya fell asleep and dreamed the following dream: Four guardian angels came and lifted her up, together with her couch, and took her away to the Himalaya Mountains. . . . Now the Buddha-to-be had become a superb white elephant and was wandering about at no great distance. . . . And three times he walked round his mother’s couch, with his right side towards it, and striking her on her right side, he seemed to enter her womb. Thus the conception took place in the Midsummer Festival.
Subject
- Buddha
- elephant
approx. 100-300
approx. 200-400
approx. 100-300
approx. 100-300
approx. 100-300
approx. 1900-1960
approx. 1100-1200
perhaps 1650-1800
perhaps 1650-1800
