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    14 June 2006

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    • SCULPTURE DE MAITREYA EN SCHIS
    Lot 409

    SCULPTURE DE MAITREYA EN SCHISTE GRIS

    ART GRECO-BOUDDHIQUE DU GANDHARA, IIEME-IIIEME SIECLE

    Price realised

    EUR 10,800

    Estimate

    EUR 5,000 - EUR 7,000

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    SCULPTURE DE MAITREYA EN SCHISTE GRIS
    ART GRECO-BOUDDHIQUE DU GANDHARA, IIEME-IIIEME SIECLE
    Représenté debout sur une base rectangulaire ornée de fleurs, la main gauche, aujourd'hui manquante, à l'origine le long du corps, vêtu d'un dhoti plissé, paré de colliers, pendants d'oreille et diadème, le visage serein, la bouche surmontée d'une fine moustache, la tête auréolée d'un nimbe ; manques visibles
    Hauteur: 47 cm. (18½ in.)

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    Post Lot Text

    A GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF MAITREYA
    GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY


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