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TORSE DE BODHISATTVA EN SCHISTE GRIS
- REGION DU GANDHARA, IIEME-IIIEME SIECLE

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TORSE DE BODHISATTVA EN SCHISTE GRIS
REGION DU GANDHARA, IIEME-IIIEME SIECLE
Estimate
(Set Currency)
    €8,000 - €12,000
  • ($11,716 - $17,574)

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Sale 5580
Art d'Asie
21 December 2009
Paris

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Lot Description

TORSE DE BODHISATTVA EN SCHISTE GRIS
REGION DU GANDHARA, IIEME-IIIEME SIECLE
Représenté debout, les hanches ceintes d'un dhoti plissé, un pan d'étoffe recouvrant l'épaule gauche et s'enroulant gracieusement autour du bras, le torse nu paré de divers colliers, sertis de pierres, au fermoir ouvragé ou rehaussés de pendeloques, socle
Hauteur: 70 cm. (27½ in.)

Special Notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT payable at 19.6% (5.5% for books) will be added to the buyer’s premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Provenance

From a Japanese private collection, Kyoto, acquired in the mid 1970s.
Then in a private European collection, acquired from the former owner in the 1990s.

Post-Lot Text

A GREY SCHIST TORSO OF A BODHISATTVA
GANDHARA REGION, 2ND/3RD CENTURY

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