Seated Bodhisattva with Combined Halo and Mandorla
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
Not on view
In Gandhara the appearance of a halo surrounding an entire figure occurs only in the latest phases of artistic production, in the fifth and sixth centuries. By this time in Afghanistan the halo/mandorla had become quite common and is the format that took hold at Central Asian Buddhist sites.
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