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GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A gray schist relief with Buddha
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Buddha seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base within the niche of a leaf-covered stupa, his right hand slung in his sanghati and his left holding its hems, the face with downcast expression and the hair in concentric arcs, flanked by columns with foliate capitals and adoring attendants, an enclosure fence and attendant figures in lustration above
24¾ in. (62.9 cm.) high
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Buddha seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base within the niche of a leaf-covered stupa, his right hand slung in his sanghati and his left holding its hems, the face with downcast expression and the hair in concentric arcs, flanked by columns with foliate capitals and adoring attendants, an enclosure fence and attendant figures in lustration above
24¾ in. (62.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, Pennsylvania, acquired by 1970