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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE VERMONT COLLECTION
A gray schist head of a bodhisattva
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A gray schist head of a bodhisattva
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
Finely carved with full lips and heavy-lidded eyes, the face centered by a raised urna and flanked by pendant earrings in the shape of lions' heads, the flowing hair pulled over the ushnisha and secured with an ornate beaded headband
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
Finely carved with full lips and heavy-lidded eyes, the face centered by a raised urna and flanked by pendant earrings in the shape of lions' heads, the flowing hair pulled over the ushnisha and secured with an ornate beaded headband
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's, New York, 23 March 1999, lot 6
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