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Afghanistan, Gandhara area, 4th - 5th century A.D., Buddha in stucco in meditation position

Name: Afghanistan, Gandhara area, 4th - 5th century A.D., Buddha in stucco in meditation position
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: EQ8S7YWLJJ
Price: 469 EUR
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Afghanistan / Gandhara area
4th - 5th century AD
Stucco
Off the base: 15.5 x 13 cm
Small accidents and visible missing parts
Private collection

Stucco representation of Sakyamuni Buddha. He is depicted seated in the meditation posture: legs in the lotus attitude (vajraparyanka), hands placed in his lap (dhyana mudra), the back of the right hand resting on the palm of the left hand. He is dressed in a thick monastic cloak with a delicate drapery covering him entirely. The face with its large half-closed eyes and heavy eyelids frames an aquiline nose, the mouth with its pronounced rictus clearly evokes the Greek influence. The hair, forming a delicate V-shape at the hairline, has a usnisa, interpreted at the time as a chignon.

At the crossroads of the civilizations of Iran, the Greek world, India and the nomadic civilizations, Gandhara constituted for sixteen centuries an almost obligatory passageway for the caravans that linked the West to China. A Hellenistic background maintained by the trade in luxury goods exported from the Mediterranean basin, blends with Parthian and Indian influences to the benefit of a Buddhist iconography of great sensitivity.

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Additional Information

Style	Asian Arts (Sculptures other materials of Asian Arts Style)
Period	16th century and older (Sculptures other materials 16th century and older)
Country of origin	Afghanistan