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PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST COLLECTION
A gray schist figure of Buddha
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A gray schist figure of Buddha
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Standing on a base with two lotus blossoms, dressed in a voluminous sanghati, the cascading folds revealing the form of the body beneath, the face with bow-shaped mouth, aquiline nose, and heavy-lidded eyes centerd by a raised urna, the hair in wavy locks pulled over the ushnisha, backed by a nimbus
48¼ in. (123.2 cm.) high
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Standing on a base with two lotus blossoms, dressed in a voluminous sanghati, the cascading folds revealing the form of the body beneath, the face with bow-shaped mouth, aquiline nose, and heavy-lidded eyes centerd by a raised urna, the hair in wavy locks pulled over the ushnisha, backed by a nimbus
48¼ in. (123.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in New York, 1990s
Christie's Amsterdam, 12 Oct 2004, lot 39
Christie's Amsterdam, 12 Oct 2004, lot 39
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