Standing Buddha

PAKISTAN

The statue has the usual characteristics of Gandharan sculpture; a plain nimbus, wavy hair built into a flattened usnisa, a long robe covering both shoulders with ends falling deeply from the forearms. Despite the impression of thickness given by the material, the raised folds cling to the shape of the body and allow one to see that the right leg is slightly bent in advance of the left. Both arms bend at the elbows and the damaged right palm is raised facing the front. In place of the usual Hellenic facial features, the eyes are long, the nose nearer bulbous than straight, and the lower lip thickened.