43. 43W STATUE DE BOUDDHA EN SCHISTE ANCIENNE RÉGION DU GANDHARA, IIIE/IVE SIÈCLE 58 cm (22 7/8 in.) high 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.