Lot Essay
For the unusually bold carving of the headdress and pronounced center lobe of the ears, compare with F. Tissot, Gandhara, 1985, figs. 174 and 177.
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GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
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A gray schist head of a Bodhisattva
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
The ovoid face very powerfully carved with moustache and downcast eyes beneath arched brows, wearing a turban adorned with flowerheads and surmounted by a finial bearing a seated Buddha
14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
The ovoid face very powerfully carved with moustache and downcast eyes beneath arched brows, wearing a turban adorned with flowerheads and surmounted by a finial bearing a seated Buddha
14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high