PAKISTAN, ANCIENNE REGION DU GANDHARA, IIEME-IIIEME SIECLE

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RARE STATUE DE BOUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI EN SCHISTE GRIS
PAKISTAN, ANCIENNE REGION DU GANDHARA, IIEME-IIIEME SIECLE
Il est représenté debout en samabhanga sur un piédestal orné d’un bodhisattva assis flanqué d’adorants. Il est vêtu d’une robe monastique. Sa main droite est en abhayamudra. Son visage est empreint de sérénité. Un halo est placé derrière sa tête ; accidents et restaurations.
Hauteur : 125 cm. (49 ¼ in.), socle

Provenance

French private collection, acquired from Galerie Ponati, Paris, 12 June 1982.

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Further details

AN IMPORTANT GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
PAKISTAN, ANCIENT GANDHARA REGION, 2ND-3RD CENTURY

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Lot Essay

With the growing popularity of Mahayana Buddhism around the second century large detached images were sculpted alongside narrative friezes. This fine standing Buddha is characteristic of the high point of Gandharan art as represented in the refinement of the carving. The elegant treatment of the drapery subtly reveals the underlying physique of his body.

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