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GANDHARA, 3RD/4TH CENTURY
Details
A stucco figure of Buddha
Gandhara, 3rd/4th century
Seated in dyanasana over a lotus throne with hands folded in his lap, clad in a voluminous robe with pleats flowing over his ankles, his face in serene expression with full lips and heavy-lidded eyes, his tightly-curled hair pulled over the ushnisha and backed by a mandorla
5 in. (12.5 cm.) high
Gandhara, 3rd/4th century
Seated in dyanasana over a lotus throne with hands folded in his lap, clad in a voluminous robe with pleats flowing over his ankles, his face in serene expression with full lips and heavy-lidded eyes, his tightly-curled hair pulled over the ushnisha and backed by a mandorla
5 in. (12.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Hiruma Collection, Japan, by 1986
Literature
T. Hiruma and K. Tanabe, Gandharan Art, 1986, cat. no. 71