Grey Schist Torso of Bodhisattva Gandhara Kushan period 300 AD

Grey Schist Torso of Bodhisattva Gandhara Kushan period 300 ADA fine grey schist torso of standing Bodhisattva, Gandhara, Kushan period 2nd 3rd century A. D from North west of Pakistan. Finely carved torso wearing jewels and robs. Very attractive and ancient piece for collection. Height: 20cm ( height with professional solid metal stand 24cm ) Weight: 2 kgCondition: Good, as it seen in images, with out any type of repairing with restoration ( See images for details )Item will be shipped through PostNL packet

Condition: in good condition

The marble has over all smooth yellow patina

suggesting that the Indus Valley people were an urbane people with cultivated tastes and a refined aesthetic sensibility

sporting heavy jewelry

Highly collectible artifact of ancient Gandhara culture

Lopburi Province

to indicate his condition as a follower of the goddess Hera

decorated at ankles

The strict frontal and rigid posture of this figurine is characteristic of a common type of hand modeled archaic fertility figure usually distinguished by such stylistic features as applied slit-pellet eyes

Parthian SilverTetradrachm Vardanes II 54-58 A

the fearless gesture of reassurance blessing and protection

a name which is often used to describe the civilization as a whole