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A red mottled sandstone relief of a Bodhisattva, Northern India, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, presumably AD 2/3rd Century

A red mottled sandstone relief of a Bodhisattva, Northern India, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, presumably AD 2/3rd Century.A red mottled sandstone relief of a Bodhisattva, Northern India, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, presumably AD 2/3rd Century.
A red mottled sandstone relief of a Bodhisattva, Northern India, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, presumably AD 2/3rd Century.A red mottled sandstone relief of a Bodhisattva, Northern India, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, presumably AD 2/3rd Century.
A red mottled sandstone relief of a Bodhisattva, Northern India, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, presumably AD 2/3rd Century.A red mottled sandstone relief of a Bodhisattva, Northern India, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, presumably AD 2/3rd Century.
A red mottled sandstone relief of a Bodhisattva, Northern India, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, presumably AD 2/3rd Century.
A red mottled sandstone relief of a Bodhisattva, Northern India, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, presumably AD 2/3rd Century.
A red mottled sandstone relief of a Bodhisattva, Northern India, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, presumably AD 2/3rd Century.
Estimate
30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 620 - 3 490 EUR
2 740 - 3 650 USD
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Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
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A red mottled sandstone relief of a Bodhisattva, Northern India, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, presumably AD 2/3rd Century

Height 25 cm, lenght 28 cm.

Wear.

Exhibitions

Compare a similar sculpture in the collection of Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.76.147.2).

More information

The dot in the forehead signifies that this figure represent a Bodhisattva and presumably Avalokiteshvara or Maitreya, since the Mahayana Buddhism had not spread so widely at the time.