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A gray schist head of Buddha
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A gray schist head of Buddha
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Carved with a bow-shaped mouth, large almond-shaped eyes beneath finely arched eyebrows, and an incised urna surmounted by the hair drawn up into an ushnisha
4 5/8 in. (10.8 cm.) high
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Carved with a bow-shaped mouth, large almond-shaped eyes beneath finely arched eyebrows, and an incised urna surmounted by the hair drawn up into an ushnisha
4 5/8 in. (10.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 18 December 1981, lot 11
Herbert Littman Collection
The Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick (1999.0450)
Herbert Littman Collection
The Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick (1999.0450)