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GANDHARA, 5TH CENTURY
Details
A Polychrome Stucco Figure of the Teaching Buddha
Gandhara, 5th century
Seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base flanked by two kneeling worshippers, his hands raised in dharmachakramudra and wearing a long robe draped over the left shoulder, the face with aquiline nose and almond-shaped eyes centered by a raised urna, the hair in tight curls and pulled over the ushnisha, with remains of polychromy overall
24½ in. (62.2 cm.) high
Gandhara, 5th century
Seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base flanked by two kneeling worshippers, his hands raised in dharmachakramudra and wearing a long robe draped over the left shoulder, the face with aquiline nose and almond-shaped eyes centered by a raised urna, the hair in tight curls and pulled over the ushnisha, with remains of polychromy overall
24½ in. (62.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Julian Sherrier Collection, London, formed between early 1940s-1972
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