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PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN COLLECTION
A gray schist figure of Maitreya
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A gray schist figure of Maitreya
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Finely carved seated atop a lotus base with his hands folded in his lap, holding the bottle with the elixir of mortality suspended from his hands, clad in a dhoti and shawl draped across his shoulders with folds cascading around his legs, wearing beaded necklaces and earrings, his face with heavy-lidded eyes and his hair in a topknot
16½ in. (42 cm.) high
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Finely carved seated atop a lotus base with his hands folded in his lap, holding the bottle with the elixir of mortality suspended from his hands, clad in a dhoti and shawl draped across his shoulders with folds cascading around his legs, wearing beaded necklaces and earrings, his face with heavy-lidded eyes and his hair in a topknot
16½ in. (42 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired Christie's Amsterdam, 21 November 2001, lot 30