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GANDHARAN MASTERPIECES FROM A PRIVATE JAPANESE COLLECTION

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A GRAY SCHIST RELIEF OF BUDDHA FLANKED
BY BODHISATTVAS
ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD-4TH CENTURY CE
24º in. (61.6 cm.) high; 19æ in. (50.2 cm.) wide
$15,000-20,000
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Europe, by 1988, by repute.
Important private collection, Japan, by 1990.
LITERATURE:
I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, vol. I, Tokyo, 1988, p. 202, fig. 410.
M. Akira, Gandharan Art and Bamiyan Site, Tokyo, 2006, p. 63, no. 28.

古犍陀羅 三/四世紀 灰片岩雕三尊
來源:
私人珍藏，歐洲。
重要私人珍藏，日本，不晚於1990年。
出版:
栗田功，《ガンダーラ美術〈I〉仏伝》，東京，1988年，頁202，圖410。
宮治昭，《ガンダーラ美術とバーミヤン遺跡展》，東京，2006年，頁63，編號28。
The present relief follows a standard Buddhist triad compositional type.
Here, Buddha is seated between two bodhisattvas, Avalokiteshvara on his
proper right, and Maitreya on his left. Indra and Brahma emerge from behind,
between the bodhisattvas and Buddha, while a proto-yaksha figure drapes a
garland in the tree above Buddha. Compare the work to similarly composed
Buddhist triads from Gandhara, including lot 410 in the present sale.

Cover and illustration from I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, vol. I, Tokyo, 1988, p. 202. Cover and illustration from M. Akira, Gandharan Art and Bamiyan Site, Tokyo,
2006, p. 63.