Lot Essay
For a large figure of Maitreya wearing heavy lion-shaped earrings, appropriate as symbols of the Shakya clan, see S. Czuma, Kushan Sculpture, Images from Early India, 1985, cat. no. 113, p. 204.
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GANDHARA, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY
Details
A gray schist head of a Bodhisattva
Gandhara, circa 3rd Century
Well carved with a gently rounded face in a serene expression, with downcast lidded eyes beneath arched brows, aquiline nose and moustache, the pendulous lobes adorned with lion pendants, the wavy hair rising to a topknot secured with strands of beads
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high
Gandhara, circa 3rd Century
Well carved with a gently rounded face in a serene expression, with downcast lidded eyes beneath arched brows, aquiline nose and moustache, the pendulous lobes adorned with lion pendants, the wavy hair rising to a topknot secured with strands of beads
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high