BODHISATTVA STATUTE IN GREEN STEATITE, Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, 3rd-4th century Seated on a throne in a frontal position, head haloed by a nimbus, ankles crossed, right hand holding a flower, wearing a sanghati covering the left shoulder and a paridhana attached by a belt and falling in elegant folds over the legs, adorned with necklaces, face slightly smiling, hair adorned with a diadem and a cockade; cracks, restorations, visible missing parts. H.41 cm (16 in.) Provenance: Maitres Gilles Néret-Minet & Olivier Coutau-Bégarie, sale at Hôtel Drouot on 11 April 1990 (Gandhara Art), lot 44 A carved green steatite figure of seated bodhisattva, Gandhara, 3rd/4th century 犍陀罗 公元三/四世纪 绿岩菩萨坐像