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GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A gray schist figure of Avalokiteshvara
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Seated in dhyanasana holding a large lotus blossom before his chest, dressed in billowing robes and adorned with various necklaces, the mustachioed face with aquiline nose and heavy-lidded eyes centered by a raised urna, backed by a nimbus and surmounted by a cylindrical finial
36½ in. (92.7 cm.) high
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Seated in dhyanasana holding a large lotus blossom before his chest, dressed in billowing robes and adorned with various necklaces, the mustachioed face with aquiline nose and heavy-lidded eyes centered by a raised urna, backed by a nimbus and surmounted by a cylindrical finial
36½ in. (92.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, Japan, by 1992
Private collection, California, acquired on 12 October 2005
Private collection, California, acquired on 12 October 2005
Literature
I. Kurita, Introduction to Gandharan Art, 2008, p. 40, cat. no. 46
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