Gandhara Buddha. - Lot 265

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Gandhara Buddha. - Lot 265
Gandhara Buddha. Schist. Gandhara region, 3rd - 6th century. Height 62 cm. (Damage, missing parts). Provenance: Beagle Gallery, London: Beagle Gallery, London, 1991. Private collection, France. Galerie Hioco, Paris, 2023. Bonham's, Paris, Arts d'Asie, June 1, 2025, lot 102. Gandhara is a region between Peshawar, the Swat Valley and Taxila in north-western Pakistan, conquered in 330 BC by Alexander the Great, who introduced the Hellenistic style that exerted a major influence on the region's statuary art for over seven centuries. This Buddha is a fine example of the Gandhara style often referred to as "Greco-Buddhist", combining Buddhist iconography with classical Hellenistic treatment. During this period, the Gandhara region was very prosperous, benefiting from a key location on the silk trade routes. Under the Kushan dynasty, numerous Buddhist sites were established in the region, most of them organized around a monastery and a stupa decorated with narrative reliefs describing the life of Buddha. From the early 3rd century onwards, devotional representations of Buddha and boddhisattvas began to appear. These non-narrative sculptures evolved into monumental representations in the 4th century. The Buddha is depicted standing on a pedestal with two figures on either side of a small altar or stupa. A four-leaf clover is engraved on one side of the base. Characteristic of these syncretic representations, the Buddha is both dressed in a pleated drapery reminiscent of Hellenistic statuary, and endowed with the urna and ushnisha bun in the tradition of Buddhist iconography. Expert: A.R.
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