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133 ⚃军Ḽᶾ䲨䈵旨伭”⤛厑啑”昞⁷
A GANDHARA TERRACOTTA STATUE OF A BODHISATTVA WITH 䲭昞炻䎦ẋ慹Ⱄ⸽⹏
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MAGINIFICENT CURLS, 4 – 5 CENTURY 䈵旨伭⛘⋨炻屜曄ⷅ⚳炻⚃军Ḽᶾ䲨
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Terracotta with white slip and remains of cold paint; with modern metal base 䅙慳⃱㷔娎嫱㖶
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Ancient region of Gandhara, Kushan period – 4 – 5 century
TL Test confirms the dating (see further down below) 忁㗗ᶨ⮲ẌṢ樂导䘬䈵旨伭晽⁷ˤ⤛厑啑䪁䩳炻ㇳ
ᷕ䘬⢢䚃墅尉⽝㯠䓇䘬䦀㱱㯜ˤ⭡尴冯堋梦冯䈵
This impressive Kushan period Gandharan statue depicts a standing 旨伭⍿ⶴ冀⊾喅埻⼙枧䘬桐㟤䚠⎴ˤ㖶䛠⣏䛤冯⃭
Bodhisattva, holding a pouch which contains the amrita nectar of immortality. 㺧㘢ㄏ䘬䤆ね炻暁䚱攻䘬䘥㮓冯ヰず䘬䪹⭡炻ἧ忁
Facial features and clothing display Hellenistic style, which influenced the art ⮲⤛厑啑晽⁷㚜≈歖㖶ˤᶨ“䘬偑儨墠曚炻⎴㗪娚
of Gandhara. Large eyes with enlightened expression, urna over the bridge of “ㇳ兪㕟塪怢⣙ˤ厗渿䘬㳩䉨㌚㚚檖✳㗗䔞ẋ厑啑
the nose and a gentle smile, all enhance the spiritual radiance of this Buddhist ℠✳䘬桐㟤ˤ
sculpture. One shoulder is bared, jewelry cuff around the upper arm, as well
as on the wrist. Very fitting is the opulent, flowing hairstyle which is typical 䈵旨伭䌳㛅⽆大⃫⇵530军大⃫⼴1021⸜炻㚨⼴ᶨ
for Bodhisattva portrayals of the period. ả⚳䌳塓冒⶙䘬幵昲塓⇌ˤ䌳㛅ỵ嗽䎦Ṳ䘬旧⭴㯿
⍲⶜➢㕗✎⛘⋨ˤẍ℞䌐䈡䘬ἃ㔁喅埻桐㟤侴倆
The kingdom of Gandhara lasted from 530 BC to 1021 AD, when its last ⎵炻娚喅埻䓙ⶴ冀炻㔀⇑Ṇ炻㲊㕗␴⌘⹎䘬喅埻⼙
king was murdered by his own troops. It stretched across parts of present- 枧≃⎰Ἕ侴ㆸˤ⽆䫔ᶨ军䫔Ḽᶾ䲨䘬屜曄㗪㛇炻䈵
day Afghanistan and Pakistan. Gandhara is noted for its distinctive style in 旨伭桐㟤䚃埴᷎忼⇘溶䚃㗪㛇ˤ⛐℔⃫ᶨᶾ䲨炻䈵
Buddhist art, which developed out of a merger of Greek, Syrian, Persian and 旨伭㗗ᶨṃ㚨㖑䘬ἃ㔁⚾⁷䘬娽䓇⛘ˤ
Indian artistic influence. Gandharan style flourished and achieved its peak
during the Kushan period, from the 1st to the 5th century. In the first century ⛐䫔⚃ᶾ䲨⇘䫔ℕᶾ䲨⼴㛇炻䈵旨伭ἧ䓐䠔岒昞
AD, Gandhara was the birthplace of some of the earliest Buddhist images. 䒟ẋ㚧䞛㜧炷⤪䇯ⱑ炸炻⛐娚⛘⋨䅺墥䘬䱀⛇₡㟤
㖪屜炻⚈䁢䅺墥忶䦳㇨暨䘬㛐㛸䦨仢ˤ⚈㬌炻忁㧋
The use of hard-fired ceramic instead of stone such as schist was popular ᶨᾳ㖪屜䘬晽⟹⮯㗗ᶨᾳ朆ⷠ㚱₡ῤ䘬ἃ㔁䓊⑩ˤ
during the later Gandharan period from the 4th to the 6th centuries C.E. ⽆忁ᾳ㗪㛇␴夷㧉Ἦ䚳炻⎒㚱⼰⮹䘬ℝ楔ό晽⁷㚦
Fired clay was expensive in the area, because the wood needed for the firing 䴻塓姀抬ᶳἮˤ
process was scarce. Only very few terracotta statues from this period have
ever been recorded. ⼊䉨烉Ṣ䈑⼊䉨
⯢⮠烉68⍀䰛(昞⁷檀炻ᶵ⏓⸽⹏)炻28⍀䰛(㚨⣏⮔
Shape: Figural shape ⹎)炻79⍀䰛(⏓⸽⹏檀⹎)
Dimensions: 68 cm (height of sculpture alone), 28 cm (maximum width), 79 ⑩䚠列⤥炻⬴ℐ䫎⎰䔞㗪䘬晽⟹㗪ẋ炻悐↮㛸㕁仢
cm (height with base) ⣙炻㚱⎗夳䘬塪䕽ˤ
Condition: Good condition, fully consistent with the age of the sculpture,
material loss to some exposed areas, crazing and hairlines visible Ἦ冒㱽⚳䘬Ṇ䐇·傉⃳ (1854–1932)㓞啷ˤ忁ỵ啷⭞
Provenance: From the collection of Arthur Huc (1854–1932), France. The 䘬㓞啷嵛嶉⎗徥㹗⇘ Ṿ䘬䣾⃰⁛㔁⢓⎌ỗ⮇炷㱽
roots of this collection go back to Évariste Regis Huc (1813 – 1860), a French 婆⎵Évariste Regis Huc 1813 – 1860), Ṿ⛐Ṿ䘬㕭
missionary and discoverer who became known for his travels through 埴ᷕ䴻忶呁⎌炻大啷␴ᷕ⚳ˤṆ䐇·傉⃳⃰䓇1890⸜
Mongolia, Tibet and China. Mr. Arthur Huc became the editor-in-chief of 㚦㗗⎸欗㕗⟙䣦䷥䶐炻䚜⇘1932⸜⍣ᶾ炻Ṿᶨ䚜㗗
La Dépêche in Toulouse in 1890 and was a popular political journalist and a ᶨỵ⼰⍿㬉彶㓧㱣姀侭冯喅埻姽婾⭞ˤ1895⸜Ṿ
reputed art critic until his death in 1932. In 1895 he married into the wealthy 倗⦣楔岥屜㕷⭞⹕䈡昮 Theron 炻ἧṾ傥⣈两临㒜
and noble Theron family from Marseille, which enabled him to expand the ⣏Ṿ⽆⎌ỗ⮇两㈧侴Ἦ䘬㓞啷ˤṾ⍣ᶾ⼴炻Ṿ⥣⫸
collection inherited from Évariste Huc. After his death, his collection was ㍍㓞㓞啷炻⛐⤡ᷳ⼴炻㗗ṾᾹ䘬⬑⫸Ᾱ两㈧ˤ
inherited by his wife, and, after her death, by their children.
䅙慳⃱㷔㩊⭂烉䵕ḇ䲵ⶍ喅伶埻⣏⬠㔯䈑ᾖ⽑⬠
Scientific testing: The Institute for Preservation Sciences at the University 昊ἧ䓐䅙慳⃱㷔⸜㱽㩊㷔炻㍐㕟℞䁢⸜ẋ䁢ᶲ㕡
for Applied Arts in Vienna has confirmed the dating of the sculpture, listed ㇨徘ˤ
above, using thermoluminescence dating. 䚠Ụ㉵⑩烉䈵旨伭昞⁷㤝℞䦨㚱炻⛐ⶪ⟜ᶲ暋⼿
䘤䎦屜曄㗪㛇䘬栆Ụἄ⑩炻䚖⇵怬㰺㚱䘤䎦䚠⎴
Auction result comparison: As Gandharan terracotta artworks are very 昞⁷ˤ夳Ἓ⢓⼿˪⌘䫔⬱冯㜙⋿Ṇ喅埻˫炻2013⸜
rare and hardly ever appear on the market the examples given here show 3㚰19㖍炻䲸䲬炻212嘇㉵⑩炷ᶨᾳ厑啑柕⁷炸ㆾ喯
various examples from the Kushan period but not the same motif. See ⭴㭼˪ぇ䚠烉⬿㔁喅埻⮰㉵˫炻2014⸜9㚰17㖍炻䲸
Christie’s, Indian and Southeast Asian Art, 19 March 2013, NEW YORK, 䲬炻410嘇㉵⑩炷ᶨᾳ厑啑柕悐昞⁷炸ˤ
lot 212 (for a terracotta head of a bodhisattva) or Sotheby’s, IMAGES OF
ENLIGHTENMENT: DEVOTIONAL WORKS OF ART AND PAINTINGS, 17 EstimateġEUR 5.000,-
SEPTEMBER 2014, NEW YORK, lot 410 (for a terracotta head of a Buddha) Starting price EUR 2.500,-

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