Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
PROPERTY FROM AN EAST COAST COLLECTION
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