A GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

Ancient Gandharan region, 2nd/ 3rd cent.
H. 34 cm
Seated with legs crossed on a throne with both hands resting on his lap in dhyanamudra, wearing monastic garment including a wide-sleeved mantle falling down along his body and legs in concentric pleats, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge, smiling lips, elongated earlobes, his wavy hairdo combed into the ushnisha and a head nimbus behind.
Old Munich private collection, purchased December 22nd, 2004 from Georg Hartl, Munich (copy of the invoice preserved) - Partly chipped or losses