Peshawar: Head of a Bodhisattva
Schist
Peshawar: Head of a Bodhisattva
PAKISTAN, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar
A disc secured behind a clip rises from the middle of the Bodhisattva’s intricately tied turban. This type of decoration is often seen on statues of the Gandharan period, and is a feature of Indian crowns. The figure has an urna above the eyebrows, and a curled mustache beneath the hooded eyes and broad nose. The back of the head is not completely smooth, suggesting that the sculpture might have been attached to a nimbus behind the head. Technical analysis reveals the sculpture was originally gilded and painted.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 809.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Peshawar: Head of a Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 809.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Peshawar: Head of a Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:809.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Peshawar: Head of a Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 809).
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