A large gray schist figure of a devotee

GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY

Details

A large gray schist figure of a devotee
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Wearing a finely pleated dhoti with a sash elegantly draped over one shoulder, adorned with multiple arm bands, necklace and earrings, the hair secured with a jeweled turban, holding a ball of flowers in his left hand
40 in. (101.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Japanese Collection, acquired in the 1980s

Lot Essay

This is an exceptionally large and finely executed example of its type; compare with another example similarly holding a ball of flowers, in I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, vol. II, 1990, fig. 113, p. 46. For the treatment of the robe, compare with lot 518.

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