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GANDHARAN MASTERPIECES FROM A PRIVATE JAPANESE COLLECTION

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A RARE GRAY SCHIST DOUBLE-SIDED BUST WITH BUDDHA
AND MAITREYA
ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD-4TH CENTURY CE
15æ in. (40 cm.) high
$30,000-50,000
PROVENANCE:
Gai Collection, Peshawar, Pakistan, by 1957.
David Lindahl, Kyoto, Japan, by 1985.
Spink & Son, Ltd., London, by 1985.
Important private collection, Japan, by 1990.
LITERATURE:
H. Ingholt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, New York, 1957, pl. 276.
I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, vol. II, Tokyo, 1990, p. 112, figs. 302 and 303.
M. Akira, Gandharan Art and Bamiyan Site, Tokyo, 2006, p. 57, no. 24.

古犍陀羅 三/四世紀 灰片岩雕佛與彌勒菩薩雙面半身像
來源:
Gai Collection，白沙瓦，巴基斯坦，不晚於1957年。
David Lindahl，京都，日本，不晚於1985年。
Spink & Son, Ltd.，倫敦， 不晚於1985年。
重要私人珍藏，日本，不晚於1990年。
出版:
H. Ingholt，《Gandharan Art in Pakistan》，紐約，1957年，圖版276。
栗田功，《ガンダーラ美術〈II〉仏陀の世界》，東京，1990年，頁112，圖302及303。
宮治昭，《ガンダーラ美術とバーミヤン遺跡展》，東京，2006年，頁57，編號24。

The present double-sided bust depicts Buddha Shakyamuni on one side,
and presumably the bodhisattva (and future Buddha) Maitreya on the other.
The hairstyle of the bodhisattva, with the locks of hair tied up in a topknot, is
most commonly associated in the Gandharan context with Maitreya. As he
is regarded as the future Buddha, the pairing of Maitreya with the historical
Buddha, Shakyamuni, in this double-sided bust reassuringly represents the
spiritual enlightenment of the present era and projects future prosperity and
peace in the era of Maitreya.

Cover and illustration from I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, vol. II, Tokyo, 1990, p. 112. Cover and illustration from M. Akira, Gandharan Art and Bamiyan Site, Tokyo, 2006,
p. 57.