Bodhisattva’s body satisfies
The show stopper at Christie’s Indian and Southeast auction on October 17 was this sublime grey schist Gandharan bodhisattva, 2/3rd century. The drapes of the robes falling about his body contrast with his powerfully carved bare chest, as he stands gazing ahead with a fixed stare.
Consigned by an Asian collector, it had been published in Japan, 1990, and was attractively estimate…