GANDHARA

2^ND – 3^RD CENTURY AD

H. 33 CMS, 13 INS

An unusual grey schist figure of a seated Bodhisattva with a tranquil demeanour, disposed on a high dais and wearing cascading robes and intricate jewellery, including basubands, necklaces and a diadem, holding an offertory casket with lotus petal sides.

For an almost identical example of similar size, see cat. no. 161 in I. Kurita, Gandharan Art II: The World of the Buddha, Tokyo: Nigensha publishing, 2003.

Provenance: From a private collection in Milan.

Previously sold by us from our 2016 Catalogue: ‘An Important Group of Sculptures from Gandhara, India and Southeast Asia’, Cat. no. 4.

Previously in a private English collection, London.