拍品专文
The elongated oval face with marked eyebrows arching sharply on either side of a raised urna and the U-shaped strands of hair of our head are very close to another kept at the British Museum (OA1902.5-20.3).
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THE PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN
A GREY SCHIST HEAD OF THE BUDDHA
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
细节
A GREY SCHIST HEAD OF THE BUDDHA
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Finely carved, the hair pulled in a chignon forming the ushnisha, the urna marked on the Buddha's forehead, with elongated earlobes, downcast eyes and serene expression
7 ¼in. (18.4cm.) high
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Finely carved, the hair pulled in a chignon forming the ushnisha, the urna marked on the Buddha's forehead, with elongated earlobes, downcast eyes and serene expression
7 ¼in. (18.4cm.) high
来源
Acquired in Peshawar, Pakistan in 1958 and exported to the UK later that year