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Bronze bust of Lydia Lopokova. Part of the Dr. J.W.A. Hunter bequest to the University of Aberdeen (for the founding of Medical Scholarships) in January 1960. Also part of the same bequest are 2 paintings ('Nirvana' by Augustus John, 'The Girl in the…

Marble bust of Robert Wilson, M D, 1787-1871. Bequeathed by him to Marischal College Aberdeen, 1871.

Single standing statuette of the Buddha/Boddhisatva Maitreya. The figure is draped, and with moustache, topknot, tuft, halo. Hands missing.

Carved schist relief representing amorini Amorini symbolise love, like cherubs, and are generally naked, wearing only necklaces and anklets. They originated in Greece and spread throughout Western Asia, becoming particularly popular in Gandhara. The…

Head of the Buddha with topknot (ushnisha) and tuft (urna), halo missing.

Carved schist relief representing amorini. Amorini symbolise love, like cherubs, and are generally naked, wearing only necklaces and anklets. They originated in Greece and spread throughout Western Asia, becoming particularly popular in Gandhara. The…

Carved schist relief representing amorini. Amorini symbolise love, like cherubs, and are generally naked, wearing only necklaces and anklets. They originated in Greece and spread throughout Western Asia, becoming particularly popular in Gandhara. The…

Carved schist head of the Buddha The halo, which came to be an inevitable tribute for all Buddhist divinities, probably derives from the ancient Iranian convention of symbolising the celestial light of Ahura Mazda with a disc or sun. From this…

Fragment of a statuette, turbanned head with halo, possibly of Boddhisatva Maitreya. Inscription: Old label: 27

Fragment of a relief showing a kneeling Atlant with wings and elephantine feet (smaller of the two on display in the museum).