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PROPERTY FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF JULIAN SHERRIER
A small gray schist figure of Maitreya
GANDHARA, 3RD CENTURY
細節
A small gray schist figure of Maitreya
Gandhara, 3rd century
Well-carved standing on a plinth holding the bottle with the elixir of immortality, wearing long flowing robes and necklaces, his face with a benign expression framed by curly hair and backed by a round nimbus with lotus petal frieze, the base carved with two devotees in adoration flanking an altar
6¾ in. (17cm.) high
Gandhara, 3rd century
Well-carved standing on a plinth holding the bottle with the elixir of immortality, wearing long flowing robes and necklaces, his face with a benign expression framed by curly hair and backed by a round nimbus with lotus petal frieze, the base carved with two devotees in adoration flanking an altar
6¾ in. (17cm.) high
來源
Acquired in the 1970s