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RARE STATUE DE BOUDDHA
SHAKYAMUNI EN SCHISTE GRIS
ANCIENNE REGION DU GANDHARA,
IIEME-IIIEME SIECLE

Il est représenté debout, le genou gauche
légèrement féchi en avant. Sa main gauche tient
un pan de sa robe plissée. Sa tête est tournée vers
la gauche. Son visage est méditatif, ses yeux mi-
clos et ses cheveux ondulés coifés en chignon. Une
section de sa mandorle est visible derrière sa tête.
Hauteur : 75 cm. (29Ω in.) ; socle

€70,000-90,000 $77,000-99,000
£60,000-76,000

PROVENANCE

Private French collection.

This sculpture has been appraised by M. Beurdeley,
Paris, 6 March 1979.

AN IMPORTANT GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF
BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
ANCIENT GANDHARA REGION,
2ND-3RD CENTURY

健陀羅地區 二至三世紀 灰片岩釋迦摩尼佛立像

來源：法國私人珍藏

The standing Buddha is of the fnest quality and
originally placed in a shrine, niche or courtyard of
a Buddhist monastery. Detached images of the
Buddha are characteristic of the advanced phase
of Gandhara art. They started to appear in the
late second century when the Mahayana form of
Buddhism gained popularity. The worship of the
Buddha was encouraged and culminated in an
ever-growing demand for his icons. His simple but
well carved pleated dress and wavy hair combed
over the rather low cranial protuberance suggests
a third century date. This specifc Buddha fgure
shows his head slightly tilted and watching to
the left, which makes it a rare example as such. It
seems that the Buddha listens attentively and in
upper concentration to his followers.

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