A gray schist figure of Maitreya
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Wearing a diaphanous sanghati, adorned with multiple necklaces and beaded sandals, the full face with heavy-lidded eyes and the hair pulled into a topknot and flowing over the shoulders, the base with a flaming stupa worshipped by two seated figures and flanked by columns
29 7/8 in. (76 cm.) high
A gray schist figure of Maitreya
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Wearing a diaphanous sanghati, adorned with multiple necklaces and beaded sandals, the full face with heavy-lidded eyes and the hair pulled into a topknot and flowing over the shoulders, the base with a flaming stupa worshipped by two seated figures and flanked by columns
29 7/8 in. (76 cm.) high