Ghandaran Schist Buddha Head (c. 199 BC to c. 199 Ghandara)

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Ghandaran Sculpture

15.00cm wide    24.50cm high    (5.91 inches wide  9.65 inches high)

Superb condition.

Ghandaran Schist Buddha Head

2nd Century BC-2nd Century AD

Superb grey schist head of Buddha, heavily set features typical of Ghandaran sculpture of the period including finely arched eyebrows, almond shaped half closed eyes, and straight nose. Bears serene smile, typical of Buddha iconography, elongated ear lobes, head of prominently combed hair surmounted by usnisa, a tuft of hair between the eyebrows. A superb piece, epitomising Ghandaran sculpture and Buddha iconography of the period.

The Ghandaran Empire was located in what is now largely occupied by North-West India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The art and sculpture of the region that has come to be known as Ghandaran combines Hellenistic or Graeco-Roman artistic techniques and modelling with Indian Buddhist iconography to create a recognisably Indian hybrid. By the end of 1st Century these aesthetic traditions had developed into a recognisable Ghandaran style.

gbp 1750 (Pound Sterling)

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