Lot Essay
This would have been a seated figure depicting Buddha in meditation with the hands folded in his lap, cf. H. Ingolt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, 1957, pl. XV.
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GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A Gray Schist Bust of Buddha
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
The figure in a contemplative expression with crisply carved features and wavy hair, wearing a sanghati draped over both shoulders and cascading down in elegant folds, the central part of the nimbus remaining
19½ in. (49.5 cm.) high
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
The figure in a contemplative expression with crisply carved features and wavy hair, wearing a sanghati draped over both shoulders and cascading down in elegant folds, the central part of the nimbus remaining
19½ in. (49.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired before 2000