Lot Essay
The pointed ushnisha is unusual in the Gandharan context and specific to the Bajaur region. The shape however likely influenced later Southeast Asian sculpture, notably Khmer.
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GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A gray schist figure of the seated Buddha
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Seated over a low cushion and plinth with his right hand raised in abhayamudra and his left clutching his robe, the rounded face with conical ushnisha backed by a lotiform halo
20 in. (50.8 cm.) high
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Seated over a low cushion and plinth with his right hand raised in abhayamudra and his left clutching his robe, the rounded face with conical ushnisha backed by a lotiform halo
20 in. (50.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Isao Kurita Collection, Japan, acquired 1985-88
Literature
I. Kurita, Gandharan Art II: The World of the Buddha, 2003, p. 103, no. 273
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