Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art

Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art

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PROPERTY FROM AN EAST COAST COLLECTION

A GREY SCHIST FIGURE DEPICTING A BODHISATTVA, ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD/4TH CENTURY

Auction Closed

September 22, 07:46 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

PROPERTY FROM AN EAST COAST COLLECTION

A GREY SCHIST FIGURE DEPICTING A BODHISATTVA

ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD/4TH CENTURY


Height 15 in. (38 cm)


the bodhisattva seated in vajraparyankasana with hands held in the dharmachakra mudra, wearing heavy robes, the folds draping along the built form and falling elegantly in a u-shape across the legs, the face showing full lips, modeled heavy-lidded eyes and a raised urna, decorated in strings of amulets and jewelry, his head crowned by an elaborate jeweled turban and framed by halo

Los Angeles County Museum

Sotheby's Parke Bernet, Los Angeles, November 7-9, 1977, lot 79