A GANDHARA GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA, standing in slight swaying posture, both arms broken, wearing pleated dhoti, shawl, many bodhisattva-ornaments, his face with downcast expression, slit eyes, elongated earlobes, one with lion-ornament, his backwards swept hairdress and cranial protrubance with beaded strings, remainings of a halo behind, 2nd/3rd Century A.D.

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A GANDHARA GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA, standing in slight swaying posture, both arms broken, wearing pleated dhoti, shawl, many bodhisattva-ornaments, his face with downcast expression, slit eyes, elongated earlobes, one with lion-ornament, his backwards swept hairdress and cranial protrubance with beaded strings, remainings of a halo behind, 2nd/3rd Century A.D.
78 cm high, mounted

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