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PROPERTY FROM THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
A Gray Schist Head of Buddha
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A Gray Schist Head of Buddha
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
The ovoid face with full lips, gently flaring nostrils and heavy-lidded eyes, with a raised urna surmounted by wavy hair drawn up over the ushnisha
9 in. (23 cm.) high
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
The ovoid face with full lips, gently flaring nostrils and heavy-lidded eyes, with a raised urna surmounted by wavy hair drawn up over the ushnisha
9 in. (23 cm.) high
Provenance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1913 (13.96.2)