Lot no. 101
101. BODHISATTVA STATUETTE IN STUCCO
Ancient Gandhara region, 4th / 5th century
A STUCCO FIGURE OF A SEATED BODHISATTVA
Ancient region of Gandhara, 4th/5th century
57 cm (22 1/2 in) high
犍陀羅 四/五世紀 泥塑菩薩像
Provenance:
Christie's Paris, 15 December 2010, lot 354
A Greek collector.
來源
巴黎佳士得,2010年12月15日,編號354
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This stucco figure of a bodhisattva was made in the ancient region of Gandhara. See a related stucco bodhisattva seated in meditation (Lyons and Ingholt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, 1957, no. 542), and a similarly seated Buddha in the British Museum (Zwalf, Gandharan Sculpture, 1990, p. 310, no. 587; Luczanits, Gandhara, 2008, p. 57, no. 79).
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Asian Art
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