Busacca Gallery

MUSEUM QUALITY OF EXQUISITE ETHEREAL STYLE: STUCCO HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA. Gandhara, 1st-2nd century AD. 18 h x 10 w x 10 d inches. Traces of original white glaze and red pigment. On custom stand. A museum quality piece worthy of the finest collection. Provenance: Property of a New Jersey collector. Price on request. This face is modelled with a meditive expression, arched eyebrows above heavy lidded eyes, gently smiling bow shaped lips. Hair in fine waves terninating in a top knot. Nice piece in sort after Hellenistic Style. The piece is in good condition *All of the art is edited and chosen by us for its high quality and workmanship before posting. We are committed to enhancing our customer’s lives by discovering creating, and pointing out only the best art we can find in the world today. We Are Taste-Makers, Art Advisers, Consultants & Publishers Of Spectacular Art Stories. Our job is to be intermediaries between buyers and sellers. We are vetting for high end art patrons. We are determined to catalog the world's most exceptional art and share it with everyone.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva

In Buddhism, a bodhisattva (Sanskrit: bodhisattva; Pali: bodhisatta) is an enlightenment (bodhi) being (sattva). Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. According to Tibetan Buddhism, a Bodhisattva is one of the four sublime states a human can achieve in life (the others being an Arhat, Buddha, or Pratyekabuddha).

The bodhisattva is a popular subject in Buddhist art. Usage of the term bodhisattva has evolved over time. In early Indian Buddhism, for example, the term bodhisattva was primarily used to refer specifically to the Buddha in his former lives. The Jatakas, which are the stories of his lives, depict the various attempts of the bodhisattva to embrace qualities like self-sacrifice and morality.