Schist Gandhara Buddha Head, c. 2nd - 3rd Century A.D.

(Buddha Head)

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Item No.
32.36832
Culture
Gandhara, c. 2nd-3rd Century A.D. 
Item Details.
Extremely fine facial details, elongated ears, wavy hair with crown on top.
The Ghandaran Empire was located in what is now largely occupied by North-West India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The art and sculpture of the region that has come to be known as Ghandaran combines Hellenistic or Graeco-Roman artistic techniques and modelling with Indian Buddhist iconography to create a recognisably Indian hybrid. By the end of 1st Century these aesthetic traditions had developed into a recognisable Ghandaran style.

Provenance: Professor Z. P. Butt extensive collection of sculptures of the Gandhara empire. Professor Butt established the Zahid Butt Kashmir Museum in Islamabad over a period of thirty-five years.

Display stand included

Size
12.3 cm L - 4 13/16 inches
Material
Schist 
Condition
Part of a larger relief 
Categories
Central Asia
Price.
US$ 2200
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