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LOT 2273
Gandharan Stucco Figure
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
6 7/8 in. (522 grams total,17.5 cm high including stand).
Head and upper body of a Bodhisattva with hands pressed together at the chest, prominent hoop earrings and necklace with disc pendant, segmented band to the brow; uttariya mantle to the left shoulder and upper arm; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenancewith a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
LiteratureCf. Jongeward, D., Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2018, item 99.
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