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A Fine Gandharan Schist Sculpture Of Buddha, c.3rd Century AD,…
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Sydney
Date:
13-Dec-2009
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A Fine Gandharan Schist Sculpture Of Buddha, c.3rd Century AD, of museum significance, dressed in a long flowing robe, the visage of fine features and benign expression with wavy hair pulled up and tied in a topknot, consistent weathering, rejoined at neck, 82 x 30 cm, Ex-coll. Muhammad Sadig, Lahore, Pakistan, acquired in 1969 Note: For further information regarding this form of sculpture cf. Hallade M. 1968, The Gandhara Style, Thames & Hudson; see also Swalf, W. 1996, A Catalogue of the Gandhara Sculpture in the British Museum, London
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