RARE GANDHARA STUCCO HALO WITH BUDDHIST WORSHIPERS

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ART OF ASIA- FROM ANTIQUITY TO PRESENT DAY

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Jul 26, 2020

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  300 – 500 AD. Gandharan stucco halo. This discoid halo would originally have been part of a large Gandharan statue. In its present condition, it comprises a red border enclosing a reddish-brown rondel; two figures stand at either side of the rondel, so as to flank either side of the head of the halo’s original wearer. The figures, both with their own halos and both wearing red robes, each have one raised hand, with the palm facing outwards and the fingers upwards and hold their other arm close to the body. This gesture, known as the Abhaya Mudra symbolises wisdom and fearlessness. 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 stucco head example belongs, was the golden age of artistic production in the area. For further discussion on Gandharan art, see Jongeward, D. 2019, Buddhist Art Of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, Oxford University Press. Good condition. Provenance: From an old Oxford collection formed in the 1990s; Size: H:40mm / W:410mm ; 5300g
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