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A MONUMENTAL SCHIST HAND OF BUDDHA ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD/4TH CENTURY image 1
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Selections from the Elizabeth and Willard Clark Collection
Lot 3079

A MONUMENTAL SCHIST HAND OF BUDDHA
ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD/4TH CENTURY

19 March 2018, 15:00 EDT
New York

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A MONUMENTAL SCHIST HAND OF BUDDHA

ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD/4TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61561
8 x 14 in. (20.3 x 35.6 cm) irregular

Footnotes

犍陀羅 三/四世紀 片岩佛手

Each finger, knuckle, and nail is carved par excellence, modelled from real life. Tensing to various degrees, they lightly cup the hem of his monastic robe against his thumb. The stone was no doubt was for its fine grain, finished with an attractive polish. The size of this hand would indicate a Buddha more than nine-feet tall, and Behrendt has argued that, inline with an increasing magnitude in Kushan architecture, monumental Gandharan sculptures more likely date more toward the latter part of the Kushan era in the 4th/5th centuries (Behrendt, The Art of Gandhara, New York, 2007, p.72). However, many still hold that when a Gandharan sculpture exhibits such a virtuosity in naturalism, it cannot be too far removed from Gandhara's Greco-Roman ancestry.

Provenance
William H. Wolff, Inc., New York, 5 October 1986
The Elizabeth and Willard Clark Collection, California

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