Figure

Description

Head of a Bodhisattva carved in hornblende schist and wearing an ornamental headband surmounted by a rosette bearing a winged figure: Indian, Graeco-Buddhist, Gandhara School, 1st - 2nd century AD

Museum reference

A.1948.459

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Figure

Production information

Gandhara, India, South Asia
Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, South Asia

Date

1st - 2nd century

Style / Culture

Gandhara

Materials

Schist, hornblende

Physical description

Grey hornblende schist

Collection place(s)

Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, South Asia

Associations

Depicted: Bodhisattva