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3. 3W A GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF BUDDHA
Ancient region of Gandh…
3. 3W A GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF BUDDHA
Ancient region of Gandh…
Lot 3
3. 3W A GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF BUDDHA
Ancient region of Gandhara, 2nd-3rd century
82 cm (32 1/4 in.) high
Wearing monastic robes with broadly spaced drapery folds that cover both shoulders, the Buddha is depicted standing on a rounded plate set upon a lotus base with downturned, grooved petals and a row of stamens. His wavy hair is gathered into an uṣṇiṣha, and a prominent urṇa appears on the forehead between gently arched eyebrows. The remnants of a halo can be seen on the shoulders. These features symbolise the Buddha's enlightenment and transcendent nature. A thick back plate connects the base to the figure and provides strength to the ankles.
The squat body and broad shoulders resemble an example in the British Museum, see Zwalf, A Catalogue of the Gandhara Sculpture in the British Museum, London,1996, fig. 12. The style of the horizontally grooved lotus petals on the base resembles those on a sculpture from Taxila, see Ingholt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, Pantheon Books, New York, 1957, p. 126, fig. 322.
Provenance
Claude De Marteau, Brussels, 1979
Private Collection, Belgium, acquired from the above (recorded in a 1985 insurance document);
Thence by descent.
犍陀羅 二/三世紀 片岩佛陀像
來源
克勞德‧德‧馬圖（Claude De Marteau）， 布魯塞爾，1979年
比利時私人收藏，購於上者 （記錄於1985年保險文件）
後由家族傳承
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