GANDHARA LIFE-SIZE SCHIST HEAD OF BUDDHA

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ART OF ASIA- FROM ANTIQUITY TO PRESENT DAY

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Jul 26, 2020

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  100 – 300 AD. Gandharan. Magnificent yellowish-grey schist head of a Buddha. This sculpture features thick, rich lips, an aquiline nose, half-closed eyes with well-defined eyelids, arched brows, an urna on the forehead, prominent ears and carefully modelled, wavy hair, culminating in an usnisha. It is flattened at the back. Gandhara was an ancient region in the Peshawar basin in the north-west of the ancient Indian subcontinent. The Kushan period (c. 75-451 AD) of Gandharan art, to which this schist head example belongs, was the golden age of artistic production in the area. For further information on Gandharan art, see Jongeward, D. 2019, Buddhist Art Of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, Oxford University Press. Excellent condition. Provenance: Property of a North London gentleman; previously acquire on the UK/European art market in the 1980s;Size: H:235mm / W:160mm (w/o stand); 5.7kg
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