Beschreibung:

A rare bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni Gandhara, circa 4th Century Standing with his legs slightly apart and his right hand raised in abhaya mudra , the palm incised with a dharmacakra and with webbed fingers, his robe with folds fanning out asymmetrically across the chest before falling in a series of looped pleats between the legs, with an arched hemline at the neck to reveal a stippled and incised symbol, his face with a benign expression with large almond-shaped eyes beneath gently molded arched brows, pursed lips and flanked by pendulous lobes, his hair centrally parted and incised with arched lines, surmounted by a domed ushnisha , the bronze with a silvery gray patina 7 in. (19.7cm.) high