GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY

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A Large Gray Schist Figure of Buddha
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
Standing in samapada, wearing voluminous robes falling in long deeply carved perpendicular folds from both shoulders, his face slightly turned to the side in a benign expression, with tightly curled hair and domed ushnisha
54¾ in. (139.1 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The folds cascading down the center are remarkably deeply carved.
Compare to a similar example with head slightly turned, in I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, 1990, vol. II, cat. no. 196.

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