A GANDHARA GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF BUDDHA SAKYAMUNI, standing in slight tribhanga on a lotus, his right hand broken, the left stretched downwards and holding tip of cloak, wearing long pleated garment, covering both shoulders, his face with downcast expression, urna, aquiline nose, elongated earlobes, a wavy hairdress and usnisha and remainings of a halo behind, 2nd Century A.D.
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A GANDHARA GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF BUDDHA SAKYAMUNI, standing in slight tribhanga on a lotus, his right hand broken, the left stretched downwards and holding tip of cloak, wearing long pleated garment, covering both shoulders, his face with downcast expression, urna, aquiline nose, elongated earlobes, a wavy hairdress and usnisha and remainings of a halo behind, 2nd Century A.D.
60 cm high (damage to extremities)
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