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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOHANNES DUTT
A GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF A
STANDING BUDDHA
Ancient Region of Gandhara, Kushan
Period, 2nd/3rd Century
the Buddha standing with long draping robes
falling heavily off both shoulders and down the
body in finely layered creases, the left knee is
flexed in tribhanga posture, the abdomen lightly
rounded softening the athletic build and square
jawline, the almond-shaped eyes with lids half
open in meditative repose, the hair twisted in
a wave pattern drawn over the dome-shaped
ushnisha on top of the head
Height 29½ in. (75 cm.)
PROVENANCE
Acquired 1975.
Compare the treatment of the drapery and the
shape of the eyes to a standing Buddha from
the British Museum, published in W. Zwalf’s A
Catalogue of Gandharan Sculpture in the British
Museum, London, 1996, p. 9, cat. 1.
$ 20,000-30,000
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