Gandhara acephalic statue of Maitreya, the Buddha of the future
Gandhara acephalic statue of Maitreya, the Buddha of the future
Gandhara acephalic statue of Maitreya, the Buddha of the future
Gandhara acephalic statue of Maitreya, the Buddha of the future
Gandhara acephalic statue of Maitreya, the Buddha of the future
Gandhara acephalic statue of Maitreya, the Buddha of the future

Gandhara acephalic statue of Maitreya, the Buddha of the future

Regular price
€2.200,00
Sale price
€2.200,00
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Holding a kamandalu or water flask containing ‘amrita’, the elixir of life, as a symbolic promise of salvation in the future. His feet rest on a foot bench, while he is seated on a throne (see profile pics). Interesting are the traces of what looks to be a red colour, so this statue might have been painted (like the Greeks used to do)
Gandhara Art, schist stone, northwest Pakistan, 2nd-3rd Century AD
- Height 21,5cm - Width 16,5cm  Depth 7cm

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