Crowned head of a bodhisattva

India / South Asia Collection

Accession Nr.: 50.58.1
Type: statuette
Date of production:
4th-6th c.
Gandhara art
Place of production:
Acquisition: donation of Imre Schwaiger
Materials: stucco
Techniques: hand shaped; moulded
Dimensions: height: 9 cm
width: 6 cm
depth: 4.7 cm
A unique bodhisattva head of outstanding beauty. The forehead mark is painted in the form of a third eye. He wears an unusual headdress on his head. His right ear is broken, but on the left, the earlobe is elongated. His facial expression is transcendent, meditative, introspective.