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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CONNECTICUT COLLECTION
A gray schist figure of Buddha
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A gray schist figure of Buddha
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Finely carved with the Buddha standing atop a rectangular plinth with carved flowers on either side and four worshippers surrounding a flame at center, clad in a voluminous sanghati draped neatly over his arms, his face in a benign expression with full lips, heavy-lidded eyes and arched brows centered by a raised urna, flanked by elongated earlobes, his wavy hair pulled over the ushnisha and backed by a nimbus
45¼ in. (114.9 cm.) high
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Finely carved with the Buddha standing atop a rectangular plinth with carved flowers on either side and four worshippers surrounding a flame at center, clad in a voluminous sanghati draped neatly over his arms, his face in a benign expression with full lips, heavy-lidded eyes and arched brows centered by a raised urna, flanked by elongated earlobes, his wavy hair pulled over the ushnisha and backed by a nimbus
45¼ in. (114.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Manheim, New York, 1990s
Christie's, New York, 16 September 2008, lot 337
Christie's, New York, 16 September 2008, lot 337
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