A Gray Schist Bust of Buddha

GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY

Details

A Gray Schist Bust of Buddha
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Very finely carved with the long flowing folds of his sanghati elegantly draped across his shoulders, the face with a benign expression with eyes downcast in a meditative expression, the surface with a fine polish
23¼ in. (59 cm) high

Provenance

Private Collection, New York, 1960s
Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1980 (no. 8922)
Seibu Department Store, Tokyo, 1982
Banura Shiro & Kayama Matazo Atelier, Iga, Mie Prefecture
Japanese Private Collection, 1990s

Literature

Seibu Department Store, Tokyo, 1982, Gandhara Exhibition, cat. no. 1.

Exhibited

Seibu Department Store, Tokyo, 1982

Lot Essay

This piece featured as cat. no. 1 in an exhibition held by Seibu Department store in Tokyo in 1982 highlighting Gandharan art, that further included some pieces formerly in the collection of Andre Malraux. The current piece was in the collection of the Japanese potter Banura Shiro and of the artist Kayama Matazo.
This life-size sculpture is exceptionally well executed with long flowing folds of the drapery and serenely noble expression with incised pupils.

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