Gandhara Buddha - Lot 70

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Gandhara Buddha - Lot 70
Gandhara Buddha Stuc Gandhara region, 3rd - 4th century Representation of the Buddha sitting in a meditation position, legs bent in lotus and hands joined in dhyana-mudra. Gandhara is a region located between Peshawar, the Swat valley and Taxila in northwest Pakistan. It was conquered in 330 B.C. by Alexander the Great who introduced the classical Hellenistic style which had an important influence on the statuary art of this region for more than seven centuries. At that time the Gandhara region was very prosperous, benefiting from a key location on the silk trade routes. During the Kushan dynasty, many Buddhist sites were created in the region, most of them organized around a monastery and a stupa decorated with narrative reliefs depicting the life of the Buddha. From the beginning of the 3rd century devotional representations of Buddha and Bodhisattvas gradually appeared. These non-narrative sculptures evolved into the monumental representations of the 4th century. H_28.5 cm (without the base) H_30.1 cm (with the base)
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