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Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Manheim
A gray schist figure of Buddha
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A gray schist figure of Buddha
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Well-carved with the Buddha standing over a rectangular throne decorated with four carved flowers, his left hand clutching the hems of his voluminous sanghati, his face in a serene expression with heavy-lidded eyes and arched brows centered by an urna in relief, flanked by elongated earlobes, with his wavy hair pulled over the ushnisha and backed by a round nimbus
37½ in. (95.3 cm.) high
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Well-carved with the Buddha standing over a rectangular throne decorated with four carved flowers, his left hand clutching the hems of his voluminous sanghati, his face in a serene expression with heavy-lidded eyes and arched brows centered by an urna in relief, flanked by elongated earlobes, with his wavy hair pulled over the ushnisha and backed by a round nimbus
37½ in. (95.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by 1970, New York