SCULPTUREREPRESENTINGBUDDHA. Indian, Pala Dynasty, tenth to eleventhcenturyA.D.The sculpture,which is of black stone, comes from Bengal. In an ornate niche is the figure of a seated Dhyani Buddhain the gesture of turning the wheel of The Law, or preachingthe first sermon.Abovethe main figureis a seatedBuddha in the gesture of meditationflankedby two standing Buddhas.Below the main figure, flanking a wheel, are two deer, symbolizing the Deer Park in Benareswhere Buddha preachedhis first sermon. Height 16Ysinches. GELLATLY 70 COLLECTION continued