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A SCHIST FRIEZE WITH A COUPLE A SCHIST BORDER RELIEF WITH MUSICIANS AND DANCERS
ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
16 1/2 in. (42 cm) high 22 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. (58.2 x 19.8 cm)
$1,500 - 2,500 $4,000 - 6,000

犍陀羅 二/三世紀 片岩夫婦石碑 犍陀羅 二/三世紀 片岩樂舞圖浮雕

Grapevines above them, the bacchanalian couple clutch each other This intricately carved border relief depicts in its three central panels
as the woman turns away from something prompting their mutual festive trios of a flute player, drummer, and dancer struck each time
concern. The skilled carver breathes life into his subjects, giving each in different poses. At the top, Buddha and flanking bodhisattvas offer
charisma and a pleasing sweep to their garments. Now absent from blessings to the left, as do three noblewomen at the bottom. Another
the scene to which it once belonged, the stele survives today as an border relief with a similar arrangement of stacked niches is published
age-old reminder of the fragility of peace, love, and mortality. in Ingholt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, New York, 1957, nos.409 & 419.

Published Provenance
Isao Kurita, Gandharan Art, Vol.2, Tokyo, 1990, p.198, no.570. The Estate of Benjamin M. Rice II, New York, by 1998

Provenance
Spink & Son Ltd., London, by 1990
The Estate of Benjamin M. Rice II, New York

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