Gandhâra sculpture of Buddha in Bûmisparsha Mudra - Pakistan

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Gandhâra sculpture of Buddha in Bûmisparsha Mudra - Pakistan

Name: Gandhâra sculpture of Buddha in Bûmisparsha Mudra - Pakistan
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: EQZY9MNWUU
Price: 1600 EUR
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1.600 €

Period 16th century and older

Style Other style

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Gandhâra sculpture of Buddha in Bûmisparsha Mudra - Pakistan

This sculpture corresponds perfectly to typical Gandhâra standards, considered to be the first representations of Buddha in human rather than symbolic form. It shows a Buddha in his "Bûmisparsha" Mudra posture.
In this posture, Buddha touches the ground with the tips of his fingers, symbolizing his victory over Mara, representative of evil, and taking the earth goddess Sthâvarâ as his witness, attesting to his attainment of Enlightenment.
According to specialists, Gandhâra and the Buddhist art associated with it correspond to the region surrounding the Peshâwar valley.
During the reign of the Kushans, a dynasty of Iranian origin that dominated a vast empire stretching from Central Asia to the Ganges Valley, two great schools of sculpture appeared, almost contemporaneously: Mathura in the south, with its typically Indian aesthetic, and Gandhâra, more marked by Hellenism, due to the settlement in this region of descendants of Alexander the Great's companions.
The beautiful expression "Greco-Buddhist art", coined by Alfred Foucher in 1905, is a little misleading, however: we mustn't forget that there are more than three centuries between the incursion of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC and the Gandhâra school of sculpture.

REGION: Gandhara, Pakistan
MATERIALS: Stone
TIME: 1st or 2nd century
DIMENSION: 18.5 x 13 x 5 cm

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inventory number : AS028

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Additional Information

Condition	Good
Style	Other style (Marble and Stone Sculptures of Other style Style)
Period	16th century and older (Marble and Stone Sculptures 16th century and older)
Country of origin	Pakistan
Length (cm)	18.5
Width (cm)	13
Depth (cm)	5
Materials	Stone