Lot 8
8
A Gray Schist Figure of Buddha
Property From the Estate of the Late Eighth Rt. Honorable Lord Rendlesham
A Gray Schist Figure of Buddha

GANDHARA, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY

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A Gray Schist Figure of Buddha
Gandhara, circa 4th Century
Seated in dhyanasana with his arms crossed before his chest in the gesture of teaching, dharmachakra mudra, wearing long flowing robes draped across his left shoulder, his face with a meditative expression and wavy hair rising to a domed topknot and backed by a nimbus
23¾ in. (68 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare a related example in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, cf. D. Klimburg-Salter, Buddha in Indien, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, 1985, cat. no. 129, similarly carved with a tapered plug at the base and originally placed in a separately carved plinth; and another example sold at Christie's New York, September 20, 2000, lot 17.

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