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9/2/2020 Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art | Sotheby's

Indian, Hi ma layan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 12:00 PM EDT

Lot 346

A GREY SCHIST FIGURE DEPI CTING A BODHISATTVA , ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA , 3RD/4TH
CENTURY
Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 USD

PROPERTY FROM AN EAST COAST COLLECTION
A GREY SCHIST FIGURE DEPICTING A BODHISATTVA
ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD/4TH CENTURY

Height 15 in. (38 cm)

the bodhisattva seated in vajraparyankasana with hands held in the dharmachakra mudra, wearing heavy robes, the folds draping
along the built form and falling elegantly in a u-shape across the legs, the face showing full lips, modeled heavy-lidded eyes and a
raised urna, decorated in strings of amulets and jewelry, his head crowned by an elaborate jeweled turban and framed by halo

Provenance
Los Angeles County Museum
Sotheby's Parke Bernet, Los Angeles, November 7-9, 1977, lot 79

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