TETE DE BOUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI EN SCHISTE GRIS

ANCIENNE REGION DU GANDHARA, IIEME-IIIEME SIECLE

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TETE DE BOUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI EN SCHISTE GRIS
ANCIENNE REGION DU GANDHARA, IIEME-IIIEME SIECLE
L'expression de son visage est empreinte de sérénité. Ses yeux sont mi-clos. Son front est rehaussé de l'urna. Ses lobes d'oreille sont étirés. Ses cheveux et l'ushisha sont ondulés.
Hauteur: 22 cm. (8 5/8 in.), socle

Provenance

French private collection, Paris.
The head was appraised in the collection by Michel Beurdeley on 6 March 1979.

Further details

A GREY SCHIST HEAD OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
ANCIENT GANDHARA REGION, 2ND-3RD CENTURY

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Lot Essay

This finely sculpted Buddha head shows deep inner spirituality. The complete figure was once placed in a shrine of a Buddhist sanctuary. Buddha figures started to appear in the late second century when the Mahayana form of Buddhism gained popularity. The worship of the Buddha was emphasized and culminated with an ever-growing demand of his icons.

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