A Large Gray Schist Bust of a Bodhisattva
A Large Gray Schist Bust of a Bodhisattva

GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY

Details
A Large Gray Schist Bust of a Bodhisattva
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
Finely carved wearing a flowing robe and necklace with confronted lion-head pendants, an armlet with Garuda and a necklace centered by Hariti holding the cornucopia, his face with a serene expression surmounted by a turban
25½ in. (64.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Japan
Literature
Tokyo Bijutsu Club, 16.-18. September 1940, cat. no. 79, ill.

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