A GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF THE SEATED BUDDHA, ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD/4TH CENTURY

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A GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF THE SEATED BUDDHA

ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD/4TH CENTURY

Height 18 ¼ in. (46.4 cm)

the Buddha in dhyanasana with hands in dharmachakra mudra, clad in a sanghati carved in thick folds, the face with aquiline nose and almond-shaped eyes, the wavy locks of hair pulled over the ushnisha and secured with a headband, seated atop a throne with a beaded edge with stylized lion legs, a bas-relief of the Buddha flanked by two attendants in adoration