A SCHIST HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA
A SCHIST HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA

GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY

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A SCHIST HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Very finely carved with full lips below a moustache and aquiline nose, the face serene with heavy-lidded eyes and raised urna surmounted by an elaborate turban with strings of beads
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Rita Perry, Lörrach, Germany, acquired between 1963-1972

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