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A SMALL RARE ROCK CRYSTAL STUPA 古犍陀羅或斯里蘭卡 二/四世紀 水晶佛塔
ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA OR SRI LANKA, 2ND-4TH CENTURY
來源:
The cylindrical base supporting the spherical drum surmounted by a stone harmika and Dale Crawford Ltd.，倫敦，1986年9月12日。
gilt-bronze parasols, which are adorned with filigree stipple pattern, the drum interred 詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮·阿爾斯多夫珍藏，芝加哥。
with gold and stone beads
4º in. (10.8 cm.) high
$12,000-18,000

PROVENANCE:
Dale Crawford, Ltd., London, 12 September 1986.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
EXHIBITED:
The Art Institute of Chicago, “A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast
Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection,” 2 August-26 October 1997,
cat. no. 93.
University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, "In the Footsteps of
the Buddha: An Iconic Journey from India to China," 26 September-15 December 1998,
cat. no. 32.
New York, Asia Society Museum, "Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art," 16 March-20 June
2010, cat. no. 16.
LITERATURE:
P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and
Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, 1997, pp. 85 and 292, cat. no. 93.
A. Proser (ed.), Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art, New Haven, 2010, p. 61, cat. no. 16.

The present work likely served as a reliquary deposited within a larger stupa or
monument. Typically made of stone and bronze, stupas of gold and rock crystal are rare
and were likely perquisites of the elite. The present work has been variously identified
as originating from the Anuradhapura period of Sri Lanka, or the ancient region of
Gandhara.
Compare the gilt parasol, rock crystal dome and cylindrical base in the present lot with
a related Gandharan stupa published by I. Kurita in Gandharan Art, vol. II, Tokyo,
2003, pp. 249 and 263, cat. nos. 753 and 794-95, respectively. Examples of Sri Lankan
rock crystal stupas are illustrated by U. von Schroeder in Buddhist Sculptures of Sri Lanka,
Hong Kong, 1990, pp. 64-65, cat. nos. 2A-E.

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