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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CONNECTICUT COLLECTION
A gray schist figure of Maitreya
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A gray schist figure of Maitreya
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
Seated in dhyanasana with his hands folded in his lap and holding the pendant water flask, his robe draped across the shoulder and gathered in cascading folds around his ankles, wearing beaded necklaces and long flowing hair
21¼ in. (53.8 cm.) high
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
Seated in dhyanasana with his hands folded in his lap and holding the pendant water flask, his robe draped across the shoulder and gathered in cascading folds around his ankles, wearing beaded necklaces and long flowing hair
21¼ in. (53.8 cm.) high
Provenance
The Collection of Nina and Gordon Bunshaft
Bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, 1994
Christie's, New York, 23 September 2004, lot 23
Bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, 1994
Christie's, New York, 23 September 2004, lot 23
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