A GANDHARAN POLYCHROMED STUCCO FIGURE OF A DONOR 4TH / 5TH CENTURY

clad in a long-sleeved tunic with a scarf draped elegantly over his body, holding a bowl with offerings in his hands; his serene face with painted eyelids and irises and wavy mustache, his hair arranged in curls over his forehead and around his ears and secured with a jeweled fillet, stand, Japanese wood box (3)

Japanese Collection, acquired before the 1960s.

Sumino Irodori: Osaka Masaki Bijutsukan Sanjunentenjizuroku (Colors of Ink: Osaka Masaki Art Museum 30 Years Anniversary Exhibition), Nezu Museum, 1998, p. 61, cat. no. 86.

Losses to extremities including top of the head, the right ear and the feet as viewed. Abrasions to the surface of the robe in the lower portion as viewed and to the sleeves of tunic and fingers as illustrated in the catalogue.
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Compare the face with its expressively modeled features and painted details with a head of a Bodhisattva in a Japanese private collection, see Isao Kurita, Gandharan Art II, Tokyo, 2003, no. 309, p. 115