REGION DU GANDHARA, IIEME-IIIEME SIECLE

Details

TORSE DE BODHISATTVA EN SCHISTE GRIS
REGION DU GANDHARA, IIEME-IIIEME SIECLE
The figure stands with his right leg slightly bent. He wears a dhoti sculpted with regular falling pleats, secured with a ribbon knotted to the front. A large section of his scarf is falling over the dhoti. His bare chest is decorated with various necklaces.
38 ½ in. (98 cm.) high, stand

Provenance

With Orient Gallerie, Paris, 17 January 1970

Further details

A GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
GANDHARA REGION, 2ND-3RD CENTURY

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Lot Essay

This impressive torso of a Bodhisattva is remarkable for its carving. The sculptors of Gandhara were highly skilled craftsmen who created Buddhist images that often showed strong Hellenistic influence. This can be seen in the present example in the rippling muscles and in the treatment of the drapery which clings to the figure's legs. The skillfull "baroque" style treatment of the physique and the volume of the drapery with its prominent and deeply undercut folds suggest that this work belongs to the mature or well-developed phase of Gandharan sculpture.

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