Lot Essay
For a closely related donor figure, also holding a lotus bud and with similar treatment of the drapery, see I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, vol. II, 2003, fig. 163, p. 65.
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SWAT VALLEY, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY
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A gray schist figure of a Donor holding a lotus
Swat Valley, circa 3rd century
Standing wearing a shawl draped across his left shoulder, his left hand at his hip and holding a lotus bud in his raised right hand, his face with a serene expression surmounted by an arched turban
31 in. (78.7 cm.) high
Swat Valley, circa 3rd century
Standing wearing a shawl draped across his left shoulder, his left hand at his hip and holding a lotus bud in his raised right hand, his face with a serene expression surmounted by an arched turban
31 in. (78.7 cm.) high