SCHIST BUDDHA STATUE ANCIENT GANDHARA REGION,... Lot 43

SCHIST BUDDHA STATUE ANCIENT GANDHARA REGION, IIIE/IVE CENTURY 58 cm (22 7/8 in.) high Footnotes: A SCHIST FIGURE OF BUDDHA ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD/4TH CENTURY 犍陀羅 三/四世紀 片岩佛陀像 Published: Isao Kurita, Gandharan Art, Vol. II, Tokyo, 1998 & 2003, p. 103, no. 274. Provenance: With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970s This sculpture of Shakyamuni sits in vajrasana over a cloth draped platform with his right hand raised in abhaya mudra and the left hand grasping the gathered folds of his delicately pleated sanghati. His face is sensitively modeled with open eyes, rounded cheeks, and a small mouth. The even rows of wavy hair converging onto a single point right above his forehead give form to his heart-shaped profile. Compare with two other seated Buddhas in the British Museum, published in Zwalf, Gandharan Sculpture, 1996, pp. 21 & 27, nos. 23 & 33, that share the same platform and hair style, respectively. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: W W Lot is located in the Bonhams Warehouse and will only be available for collection from this location. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com