Lot Essay
This impressive life-size head of Buddha blends naturalism with spiritual content, expressing a sense of meditative concentration.
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GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A large gray schist head of Buddha
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
Well-carved with gently rounded face with full lips and heavy-lidded eyes, surmounted by finely incised hair gathered in a top knot, the forehead centered by a recessed urna
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
Well-carved with gently rounded face with full lips and heavy-lidded eyes, surmounted by finely incised hair gathered in a top knot, the forehead centered by a recessed urna
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Japanese Collection, acquired in the 1980s