Description
Important Gandharan grey schist stone of the Buddha Maitreya, The Buddha of the Future, also known as the “Buddha Christ”. A significant Gandhara sculpture, showing the Buddha wearing a royal headgear and with a robust torso, perhaps signifying His future appearance in the World as the Buddha Christ. In the Buddhist Tradition the Maitreya is the Buddha that will come when the message of the Buddha has finally completed its mission and has been expended.
Good condition as shown.
Size: 13 in high by 10 in. wide (without the stand)
