Buddha Shakyamuni Triad, Kashmir, 8th c.

Who: Buddha Shakyamuni Triad [Before, During, and After Enlightenment]

What: small portable Ivory carving

When: 8th c.

Where: Kashmir

How: Deeply-cut and stylized folds of Buddha’s garment and sea-shell hairstyle in Kashmiri style [with major artistic innovation and individual artistic skill]

Why: Leidy suggests that this was part of a portable shrine for worship; a powerful reminder of the Buddha’s virtuous acts