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An exceptional Gandharan sculpture of a Bodhissatva, c.2nd-3rd…
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Sydney
Date:
13-Dec-2009
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An exceptional Gandharan sculpture of a Bodhissatva, c.2nd-3rd century AD, of Museum quality and significance, standing with sandaled feet with lion motif in relief above an elaborate pillared base with a central seated bodhisattva and two worshipping attendants in relief, his athletic torso adorned with a cluster of necklaces and dressed in a long flowing robe draped across his left shoulder and gathered at his waist, his visage of fine features with a wavy moustache below his hair arranged in undulating curls tied to a topknot and cascading down over his shoulders, fragmented nimbus to rear, exceptional detail, 82 x 27 cm, Ex-coll. Muhammad Sadig, Lahore, Pakistan, acquired in 1969 note: for further information regarding this form of sculpture cf. Hallade M. 1968, the Gandhara style, Thames & Hudson; see also Swalf, W. 1996, a catalogue of the Gandhara sculpture in the British Museum, London; for another example cf. Christies New York, 17 Sept.1999 Indian and Southeast Asian Art, Lot 7
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Antiquities: Asian