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TÊTE DE BOUDDHA EN SCHISTE Ancienne région du Gandhara, IVe siècle
12 December 2025, 11:00 CET
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TÊTE DE BOUDDHA EN SCHISTE
Ancienne région du Gandhara, IVe siècle
A SCHIST HEAD OF A BUDDHA
Ancient region of Gandhara, 4th century
22 cm (8 5/8 in.) high
A SCHIST HEAD OF A BUDDHA
Ancient region of Gandhara, 4th century
22 cm (8 5/8 in.) high
Footnotes
The Buddha's wavy hair, rendered in thick locks, is swept upward from a widow's peak into a high chignon, surmounted by the ushnisha, the cranial protuberance symbolising his enlightened wisdom. Almond shaped eyes that are half open render the Buddha with an air imbued with quiet introspection. Traces of the raised urna between the brows, remain visible. These iconographic features mark the figure as the Buddha, his presence mediated through a distinctly anthropomorphic lens, a development that finds its roots in the classical Greco-Roman world. The naturalism indebted to Hellenistic influence is further enhanced by the soft modelling of the full cheeks, the delicately formed cupid-bow lips, and the aquiline nose. Comparable with a schist head held at the Harvard Art Museum (1998.315).
Published
Madeleine Hallade, Gandharan Art of North India: And the Graeco-Buddhist Tradition in India, Persia, and Central Asia, New York, 1968, p. 79, pl. 56.
Provenance
Previously in the collection of Dr. J.R. Belmont (1896-1981), Basel.
Sotheby's, London, 27 February 1967, lot 18.
Private Collection, Belgium, acquired from the above;
Thence by descent.
犍陀羅 四世紀 片岩佛首
著錄
Madeleine Hallade，《Gandharan Art of North India: And the Graeco-Buddhist Tradition in India, Persia, and Central Asia》，紐約，1968 年，第 79 頁，圖版 56
來源
曾屬於 J.R. Belmont（1896–1981年） 珍藏，巴塞爾
蘇富比，倫敦，1967年2月27日，拍品18
比利時私人收藏，購於上者
後由家族傳承