GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY

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A GREY SCHIST HEAD OF THE BUDDHA
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Finely carved, the hair pulled in a chignon forming the ushnisha, the urna marked on the Buddha's forehead, with elongated earlobes, downcast eyes and serene expression
7 ¼in. (18.4cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired in Peshawar, Pakistan in 1958 and exported to the UK later that year

Lot Essay

The elongated oval face with marked eyebrows arching sharply on either side of a raised urna and the U-shaped strands of hair of our head are very close to another kept at the British Museum (OA1902.5-20.3).

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