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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Gandhara (made)

Head of a youth. The face is moulded and the other parts modelled, with long eyes, aquiline nose, well set lips. The Bodhisattva has a high ushnisha which is tied with bands. The hair is curled and dressed in a complicated fashion with a top-knot.

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Categories	Sculpture Buddhism
Object type	Sculpture
Title	Sculpture (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Lime composition
Brief description	Head of a Bodhisattva, 3rd to 5th century, Lime composition, Gandhara.
Physical description	Head of a youth. The face is moulded and the other parts modelled, with long eyes, aquiline nose, well set lips. The Bodhisattva has a high ushnisha which is tied with bands. The hair is curled and dressed in a complicated fashion with a top-knot.
Dimensions	Height: 28cm
Object history	A. Cooper, Norham, Petersfield, Hants.
Production	Gandhara. (Graeco-Buddhist)
Subject depicted	Buddhist
Bibliographic references	R.A. Exhibition of Indian Art 1947/8 Cat. No.107 Edited by Sir Leigh Ashton: The Art of Inida and Pakistan. The art of India and Pakistan, a commemorative catalogue of the exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1947-8. Edited by Sir Leigh Ashton. London: Faber and Faber, [1950] p. 40. cat. no. 134
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IM.200-1937

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Record created	June 13, 2002
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O65823/sculpture-sculpture-unknown/

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