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Lot 9
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Buddha Gray schist Gandhara

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Description

  • Buddha
  • Gray schist
  • height 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.)
The head of the Buddha framed by a fragmentary halo, his oval face carved with long almond-shaped eyes and pursed lips and his hair arranged in incised ridges terminating in a domed ushnisha.

Catalogue Note

Compare the treatment of the hair and facial features with a seated Buddha in the British Museum; see Zwalf, 1996, vol. II, no. 33, p. 27.