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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTOR This Gandharan bodhisattva carries a storied
A GREY SCHIST BUST OF A history of ownership for the last almost hundred
BODHISATTVA years. Sold at an auction in Paris in 1932 from
the collection of M.H. Sevadjian, now an unknown
Ancient Region of Gandhara, Kushan collector save for the catalogue, his tastes
Period, 2nd/3rd century evidently varied from Greco-Roman, Egyptian,
Indian, Chinese and Japanese antiquities to
well carved with a finely pleated robe draped impressionist paintings and French furniture and
elegantly over his upper body and looped over tapestries. An image of the bodhisattva in the
his left shoulder, richly bejeweled wearing catalogue looks wholly unchanged. The catalogue
a foliate collar with matching armband and notes that it is a “Remarkable example that can
a pendant looped necklace suspending two be compared without disadvantage to the famous
vidyadharas centering a faceted jewel, his wavy statue in the Louvre from Peshwar.”
hair gathered in a double-looped topknot secured
by an elaborate headdress with festoons and The bodhisattva here is a fine example of the
rosettes, his face bearing a serene, introspective Grecian influence on the form and style seen in
expression, the figure backed by a halo Gandharan Art. Dressed in princely attire, adorned
Height 26½ in. (67.3 cm.) with jewelry and draping robes, this deified form
represents the path of enlightenment of the
PROVENANCE Buddha prior to his renunciation. Compare Zwalf,
Sotheby’s New York, September 21, 2007, lot 1. W.; A Catalogue of the Gandhara Sculpture in the
The Collection of Deborah and Jack Rosenberg. British Museum, London, 1996, p. 44, fig. 63.
Drouot, Paris, April 1932, lot 47.
The Collection of M. H. Sevadjian.
$ 80,000-120,000

Catalogue from Druout of the Collection of M.H. Description of the Bodhisattva listed in the Image as shown in the Sevadjian catalogue
Sevadjian, 1932 Sevadjian catalogue

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