Three bronzes
Unknown Artist
- Art Funded
- 1957
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Presented by
- Louis C G Clarke through The Art Fund
Three bronzes of the Buddha, the Maitreya and a Bodhisattva, all seated on lion thrones, each with eye-balls of silver.
They represent the continuation of the Ganhara tradition long after it had vanished.
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