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A schist relief panel with scenes from the A schist architectural panel with a garland A schist relief panel with devotees
life of Buddha bearer Ancient Region of Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Ancient region of Gandhara, circa 2nd century Ancient region of Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century The two figures dressed in monastic robes
The stupa drum panel with scenes depicting The pseudo-Corinthian capital carved in high offering smiles and anjali mudra to their right,
Buddha preaching on the left and a group of relief with curling acanthus leaves supporting set within an arched niche with visible support
five ascetics on the right, flanked by niches the bust of female garland bearer wearing a beams and decorative gable, with two cherubs
with diminutive figures and below a band of necklace with leaf pendant. above and a column to the right.
lotus petals. 16 1/2 in. (41.8 cm) long 6 3/4 x 8 in. (17 x 20.3 cm) high
17 1/4 in. (45 cm) wide $4,000 - 6,000 $1,500 - 2,500
$1,500 - 2,500
While the majority of scholarship on Provenance:
53 Gandharan architecture and sculpture has Private Pittsburgh Collection
Two schist dishes focused on Buddhist sites and little is known Sotheby’s, New York, 26 March 1999, lot 445
Ancient region of Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century of its ancient cities, the absence of any explicit
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surrounding five compartments, the underside raises the question of whether it may have A terracotta head of Buddha
with thread pattern; the yoni-shaped dish with appeared as part of an administrative or other Ancient region of Gandhara, 3rd/4th century
incised lotuses. secular building. Finely modeled with well-defined pursed lips
5 3/8 in. (13.6) diameter, the larger and heavy-lidded downcast eyes below gently
$1,000 - 1,500 Provenance: arching brows and a curved hairline of wavy
Private Pittsburgh Collection locks pulled over the domed ushnisha.
Provenance: Sotheby’s, New York, 26 March 1999, lot 449 9 1/4 in. (23.8 cm) high
Private Pittsburgh Collection, documented to $6,000 - 8,000
25 June 2001
A related example is held in The Metropolitan
Museum of Art (13.96.4) and a similar piece of
this quality was sold at Christie’s New York, 21
September 2007, lot 226.

Provenance:
Private New York Collection
Doris Wiener Gallery, 1980s

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