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FRAGMENT DE BAS-RELIEF EN SCHISTE GRIS Provenance:
REPRÉSENTANT UN BODHISATTVA FAISANT DES OFFRANDES Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981)
Ancienne région du Gandhara, vers IIIe siècle Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
A GREY SCHIST RELIEF PANEL OF A BODHISATTVA MAKING Carved in fine detail with remains of the original gilded decoration,
OFFERINGS this panel is likely from the same series of panels as Lot 229 in this
Ancient region of Gandhara, circa 3rd century catalogue. Three other panels of the related scene of the horoscope
Here the scene depicts the prince Siddhartha Gautama embracing of Siddhartha are Lahore Museum, see Sun Yinggang and He Ping,
his Indian wife Yasodhara on a textile covered platform with their feet Tushuo Jiantuoluo Wenming, Hong Kong, 2020, p.164, the Peshawar
resting on stools. Leaning at the foot of the platform to their right is an Museum (PM_02734), and the Rietberg Museum, Zurich (RVI 11).
attendant or the future second mother to the Buddha, Mahaprajapati,
holding a fly whisk engaged in a discourse with a figure holding a 犍陀羅 約三世紀 灰片岩菩薩佈施圖磚
waterpot and likely to be the Brahmin astrologer Asita, stand.
23cm (9in) x 17.5cm (6 7/8in). (2). 來源：
巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏
€4,000 - 6,000 巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏

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