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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 347

A GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF THE SEATED BUD DHA , ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA , 3RD/4TH
CENTURY
Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 USD

PROPERTY FROM A CALIFORNIA COLLECTOR
A GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF THE SEATED BUDDHA
ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD/4TH CENTURY

Height 18 ¼ in. (46.4 cm)

the Buddha in dhyanasana with hands in dharmachakra mudra, clad in a sanghati carved in thick folds, the face with aquiline nose
and almond-shaped eyes, the wavy locks of hair pulled over the ushnisha and secured with a headband, seated atop a throne with
a beaded edge with stylized lion legs, a bas-relief of the Buddha flanked by two attendants in adoration

Provenance
Spink & Son, Ltd., 1981

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