Lot Essay
A similar grey schist figure of a seated Buddha sold at Christie's New York, 13 September 2011, lot 237
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A CARVED GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF A SEATED BUDDHA
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY AD
Details
A CARVED GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF A SEATED BUDDHA
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY AD
Seated in dhyanasana with his hands folded in his lap, the deeply incised folds of his sanghati flowing over his shoulders and covering his ankles, his face with downcast, almond-shaped eyes, his hair pulled over the ushnisha, backed by a nimbus, the base with a now lacking central seated figure or an altar flanked by two worshippers, possibly the donors, one chiselled, on wooden stand
30¾in. (78cm.) high with stand
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY AD
Seated in dhyanasana with his hands folded in his lap, the deeply incised folds of his sanghati flowing over his shoulders and covering his ankles, his face with downcast, almond-shaped eyes, his hair pulled over the ushnisha, backed by a nimbus, the base with a now lacking central seated figure or an altar flanked by two worshippers, possibly the donors, one chiselled, on wooden stand
30¾in. (78cm.) high with stand
Provenance
Private UK collection, acquired by the present owner in 1969
Imported from the US to the UK in 1972
Imported from the US to the UK in 1972