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A Gray Schist Head of a Buddha
A Gray Schist Head of a Buddha

GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY

细节
A Gray Schist Head of a Buddha
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
The ovoid face with a peaceful expression crisply carved with a moustache and slender almond-shaped eyes beneath gently curved brows, with wavy strands of hair curling to the sides, secured with a beaded band and tied up in a topknot
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high

拍品专文

Compare a schist figure of Maitreya with similar treatment of the hair in W. Zwalf, A Catalogue of the Gandhara Sculpture in the British Museum, 1996, cat. no. 51; and for a discussion of the single-looped hairstyle, its Western affiliations and popularity during the mature phase, see Schmidt, 1990, pp. 282-88.