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PROPERTY FROM THE DR. DAVID NALIN COLLECTION
A gray schist figure of Avalokiteshvara
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A gray schist figure of Avalokiteshvara
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
Seated on a throne with ankles crossed on a pedestal all over a lotus base issuing from water, his right hand raised in abhayamudra and holding a lotus blossom in his left, dressed in a voluminous sanghati and adorned with multiple necklaces, the face with heavy-lidded eyes flanked by pendant lotus earrings and surmounted by a turban centered by a tiara, flanked by a column carved with a figure in adoration
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
Seated on a throne with ankles crossed on a pedestal all over a lotus base issuing from water, his right hand raised in abhayamudra and holding a lotus blossom in his left, dressed in a voluminous sanghati and adorned with multiple necklaces, the face with heavy-lidded eyes flanked by pendant lotus earrings and surmounted by a turban centered by a tiara, flanked by a column carved with a figure in adoration
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of David Nalin, Pennsylvania, 1983
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