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Details
A Gandharan grey schist figure of Buddha, 2nd/3rd Century
carved standing on a rectangular plinth, wearing long flowing voluminous robes falling in elegant cascading folds, his face gently rounded with almond-shaped eyes beneath arched brows, the base carved with lotus flowerheads - 18½in. (47cm.) high.
carved standing on a rectangular plinth, wearing long flowing voluminous robes falling in elegant cascading folds, his face gently rounded with almond-shaped eyes beneath arched brows, the base carved with lotus flowerheads - 18½in. (47cm.) high.
Provenance
In the family of a Govenor of the Portugese colonies of India, by descent to the present owners
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