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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE Buddha is depicted standing within a niche wearing a long
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
COLLECTION diaphanous robe and with his right hand lowered in varada
A RARE CARVED STONE PEDESTAL mudra, the gesture of charity and bestowal of blessings,
A BRONZE MALE TORSO FRAGMENT with the ye dharma Buddhist creed inscribed in Sanskrit
KHMER, 12TH CENTURY INDIA, BIHAR, PALA PERIOD (8TH-12TH on the tiered pedestal above: cf. an inscribed Pala stone
CENTURY), 10TH-11TH CENTURY frieze with seated Buddhas in the Norton Simon Museum,
wearing a short sampot with finely striated vertical pleats, see Pratapaditya Pal, Art from the Indian Subcontinent,
secured at the waist the drawstring looped beneath his navel the shaped and tiered pedestal depicting a Buddha standing New Haven and London, 2003, Vol. I, p. 177, cat. 137. Like
14 cm, 5½ in. within a shrine at the forefront, with lotus flowers carved in the Norton Simon frieze, which Pal compares with a similar
low relief above and an inscription on the upper register
Fragment d’un torse masculin en bronze, Khmer, XIIe siècle 36 x 58 x 14 cm, 14⅛ by 22⅞ by 5½ in. fragment found at Nalanda, ibid, the niche is formed of
pillars supported by auspicious water vessels, kalasha, with a
Trône d’une statue bouddhiste en pierre sculptée, Inde, Bihar,
‡ 3 000-5 000€ trilobate arch above. Another fragment from the same period
époque Pala (VIIIe-XIIe siècle), Xe-XIe siècle and region, depicting a seated Buddha in similar style, is in
高棉 十二世紀 銅男胴體殘件 ‡ 12 000-18 000€ the Metropolitan Museum of Art, ac. no. 1997.138
印度 比哈爾邦 帕拉時期 十至十一世紀 石雕須彌
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A PAIR OF CARVED STONE RELIQUARY BOXES
GANDHARA , CA. 5TH CENTURY
one containing two miniature gold boxes and a rock crystal
stupa
(6)
D. 10.3 cm; 10.1 cm, 4 in.; 4 in.
Paire de boîtes reliquaires en pierre sculptée, Gandhara, vers
Ve siècle
‡ 3 000-5 000€
犍陀羅 約五世紀 石雕蓋盒一對
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