Elements, Concepts, and Representations of Second-Century Bodhisattva

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Second-Century Bodhisattva
The Bodhisattva statue depicts the Bodhisattva Maitreya. The stone statue represents a native Indian style, as seen in its muscular body and beard. The statue has a solid fleshy torso, rounded muscles in the abdomen and the chest area. The marble object represents the essential shade of grey, and the round object placed behind its head is light. The clothing of this Buddha statue looks like silk, with the head adorned with some small ornaments. The Bodhisattva wears an elaborate monster-headed necklace, and beautiful jewelry hung over an additional necklet. The left hand is in an akimbo position, and the right hand is stretched forward to gesture Buddha’s figure.
This figure is entirely a thorough Indian style even though the Buddha figure is strongly Hellenized. Similarly, the naked body represents a style of Buddha, and the whole statue shows Buddha as art, tradition, and religio...