A GANDHARA GREY SCHIST STONE HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA, the face with introspective expression, arched eyebrows, pronounced eyelids, straight nose, moustache and arched lips, the long ear-lobes with ear-ornaments, intricate coiffure with a band in relief surmounted by a vase-like ornament and a shell motif, 2nd/3rd Century
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A GANDHARA GREY SCHIST STONE HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA, the face with introspective expression, arched eyebrows, pronounced eyelids, straight nose, moustache and arched lips, the long ear-lobes with ear-ornaments, intricate coiffure with a band in relief surmounted by a vase-like ornament and a shell motif, 2nd/3rd Century
21 cm high, mounted
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