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Large Gandhara Stone Hand with Lotus Flower, 2nd/3rd Century AD

Blue schist hand of a large Buddhist figure with sophisticated rendition of the fingers holding a lotus flower. The wrist with a richly ornamented double bracelet.

Remains of red pigment on the fingernails and some gilding on the fingers.

Gandharan art is a form of cultural syncretism fusing Greek aesthetical canons with the first representations of the Buddha in human form.

Fragmentary, broken at the forearm level. Flower reattached, the upper side of it chipped. Excellent execution.

L. 24.5 cm (9.6 in)
H. with plinth 19 cm (7.5 in)

Swiss private collection

4800 USD