Authentic 6th Century Gandhara Buddha Donor Head with Stand

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Authentic 6th Century Gandhara Buddha Donor Head with Stand:
$2900.00

Please offer with confidence. It is a very good deal. Price can be 3 times more in the upper sale events.In buyer\'s country, buyer needs to pay for the import duty and can find more duty information at dutycalculator.com. For example, in the US is about $25. In the UK is about £100.---------------------------100% authentic antique, 6th Century, Large Female Donor Head from the Ancient Gandhara Region. In this ancient culture, many donors were female princess, female member of the noble family, or female merchant wealthy and faithful in the teaching of the Buddha. Donor\'s statue was often placed beside Buddha Statue Complex.The item is very tasteful and impressive with later Greek influence. The item is made from stucco and exhibits hair style of that era, Hellenistic influenced warm and kind facial expression and smile, with trace of poly-chrome paint (red, black, green). This style is likely from ancient Buddhist monasteryin Today\'s Afghanistan (same region with the Bamiyan). There appears naturally erosion on the surface and aging of poly-chrome. The style, craftsmanship with life long devotion, material, and aging are genuine of the Gandhara artifacts. The face has white dust powder covering and this can be easily brushed off or wash off if it is desired so. Width 17 cm. Height without Stand 29 cm. Heightwith Stand 43 cm. Weight 7 kgs. The item is in original condition with no repair. The statue head is carefully attached to a professionally-made stand and will add to your great ancient art collection.About GandharaGandhara was an ancient kingdom covering valley and plateau regions of Pakistan and northEastern Afghanistan. During the Hellenistic period, Gandhara was part of Kushan Empire with its peak during the reign of King Kanishka the Great, 127 AD.
Around 1st century AD, Gandhara was the center of Greco-Buddhism Art and also the center of Mahayana School of Buddhism (The Great Vehicle School) that spread on into China, Korea, and Japan. We can see Gandhara influence in Chinese\'s Northern Wei Dynasty, Tang Dynasty Buddhist Art and in Japanese\'s Nara Era Buddhist Art. Gandhara was mentioned in various ancient Chinese records from Han to Tang Dynasty. Gandhara was dissolved (no more Buddhist artifacts were created) after waves of muslim invasion from 8-11th century AD.