The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own collection record for "Birth of the Buddha Shakyamuni," a stone relief from ancient Gandhara, present-day Pakistan, Kushan period, circa 2nd century. The record gives the accession number 1987.417.1, dimensions of 6 15/16 by 7 3/4 inches, the classification Sculpture, and the credit line Gift of Steven Kossak, The Kronos Collections, 1987. The relief follows the standard Gandharan composition for this scene, a standing woman grasping a tree branch as the newborn emerges from her side.
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Citation
PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/40598
Source TypeMuseum
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The holding museum's own catalogue record for the accessioned object, the strongest available record for its culture, period, medium, dimensions and accession number, its own title directly naming the birth of the Buddha. Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Pakistan directly: "from ancient Gandhara, present-day Pakistan, Kushan period, circa 2nd century."
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This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 5 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sacred Art & Iconography, 8 claims: 2 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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