Large Gandharan Standing Bodhisattva Statue

2nd-3rd century AD. A carved slate statue of a bodhisattva (perhaps Avalokiteshvara) standing nimbate with draped clothing and swags of beads, elaborate turban with frontal crest, right hand raised in the abhaya mudra of reassurance; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Jongeward, D., Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2018, item 80, for type. 45.5 kg, 86cm (34"). From the property of a London gentleman; formerly in a UK collection, acquired in the 1990s; accompanied by a scholarly note TL 5279 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz.
Condition Report: Fine condition, repaired.