A HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
GANDHARA, 6TH/7TH CENTURY
A HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA GANDHARA, 6TH/7TH CENTURY The Buddha stands with his right hand raised in abhayamudra and his left clutches the folds of his voluminous sanghati and the cascading drapery reveals the soft and fleshy body beneath. The face is finely cast with full lips and heavy-lidded eyes flanked by pendulous earlobes, and the hair is in tight curls over the ushnisha . The Buddha is backed by a combined nimbus and aureole with radiating ovoid spokes tipped with a triratna motif. 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high
A HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
GANDHARA, 6TH/7TH CENTURY
A HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA GANDHARA, 6TH/7TH CENTURY The Buddha stands with his right hand raised in abhayamudra and his left clutches the folds of his voluminous sanghati and the cascading drapery reveals the soft and fleshy body beneath. The face is finely cast with full lips and heavy-lidded eyes flanked by pendulous earlobes, and the hair is in tight curls over the ushnisha . The Buddha is backed by a combined nimbus and aureole with radiating ovoid spokes tipped with a triratna motif. 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high
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