GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY

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A Large Gray Schist Figure of Buddha
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
Well carved seated in dhyanasana with his hands folded in his lap, wearing a voluminous robe with long flowing folds, concealing his left foot protruding through the drapery, his face crisply carved with a serene expression before a round nimbus
41¾ in. (106 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The present example is very crisply carved and in a superb state of preservation. Compare to a seated Buddha in the British Museum, cf. W. Zwalf, A Catalogue of the Gandhara Sculpture in the British Museum, 1996, vol. II, cat. no. 31, with similar features of the left foot protruding through the drapery and hair delineated in large curls over domed ushnisha.

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