Gandharan sculpture of a female deity executed in gray schist dating from the 2nd or 3rd century
Posed in a downward gaze this figure of a sensual dancer bears her weight to her right leg with accentuated hips and exposed mid-riff. The delicate carving captures the subtle drapes of her traditional dress, Hellenic influenced features and following pinned back hair.
Custom mounted on black wooden plinth.
Gandhara, one of 42 provinces of the Persian Achaemenian Empire (6th-4th century BCE) comprised Peshawar Valley, Buner, Swat, Bajaur, western Punjab and eastern Afghanistan. Here the Mahayana Buddhist sculptures - better known as Gandhara art...
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15th Century and Earlier Other Antique Pakistani Figurative Sculptures