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A PINK SANDSTONE BUST OF BUDDHA, MATHURA, KUSHAN PERIOD, 2ND-3RD CENTURY
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2025年10月16日 开拍
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A PINK SANDSTONE BUST OF BUDDHA, MATHURA, KUSHAN PERIOD, 2ND-3RD CENTURYExpert's note: The present lot was once part of a large and highly important stele depicting the Buddha enthroned accompanied by two attendants. See three closely related examples, each with lengthy inscriptions: the famous 'Katra stele', dated end of 1st century AD, 71 cm high, in the Government Museum, Mathura, illustrated in James C. Harle, The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent, Yale University Press, 1994, p. 63, no. 43 (where it is dated to the early 2nd century); a sandstone stele dated 110 AD in the National Museum, New Delhi, object number L.55.25; and a sandstone stele dated c. 131 AD, 93 cm high, in the Kimbell Art Museum, accession number AP 1986.06.Northern India, Uttar Pradesh. Finely carved, the deity dressed in a pleated uttarasanga, the serene face with rounded cheeks, almond-shaped eyes below arched brows and a circular urna, the hair with a neatly incised whorled ushnisha, backed by a sun-form halo.Provenance: From the collection of Jean-Marc Andral, acquired in the local art market in Rajasthan, India, in October 1990. A copy of a provenance statement, written by Jean-Marc Andral, dated 24 April 2025, confirming the above, accompanies this lot. Jean-Marc Andral is a Belgian manager based in Brussels and active in the healthcare industry for over 25 years.Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, obvious losses, small chips, scattered nicks and scratches, signs of weathering and erosion, and encrustations.Weight: 28.3 kg (excl. stand), 32.6 kg (incl. stand) Dimensions: Height 50 cm (excl. stand), 52.5 cm (incl. stand)With a modern metal stand. (2)Due to its location on the caravan trade routes through central India, Mathura was for centuries an important economic center. In the 2nd and 3rd centuries, it became a capital for the mighty Kushan Empire. During this time, both in Mathura and the region of Gandhara simultaneously, images of Buddha began to appear in anthropomorphic form for the first time. In contrast to Gandhara, where Graeco-Roman concerns for naturalism were stressed, the body types of the Mathura Buddhas convey an idealized Indian vitality. Mathuran images were typically sculpted in mottled red sandstone quarried in nearby Sikri, and like their Gandharan counterparts, they were naturalistically painted.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Christie's New York, 19 March 2014, lot 1069 Price: USD 60,000 or approx. EUR 70,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A red sandstone head of Buddha, India, Mathura, Kushan period, 2nd/3rd century Expert remark: Compare the closely related modeling and manner of carving with similar facial features and hairline. Note the smaller size (33.5 cm) and different state of preservation, with only a fragment of the head being left.

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