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FRAGMENT DE BAS-RELIEF EN SCHISTE REPRÉSENTANT DES Provenance:
SCÈNES DE LA NAISSANCE DE BOUDDHA Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired prior to 1935, bearing a
Ancienne région du Gandhara, vers IIIe siècle collection label ‘C.586’
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
A SCHIST RELIEF PANEL WITH SCENES OF THE BIRTH OF
BUDDHA See a closely related example with a slight variation on the
Ancient region of Gandhara, circa 3rd century arrangement of the attending figures is in the Peshawar University
The rare and unusually large scene from the birth of the Buddha Museum (MJN-1983-1-86), illustrated by C.Luczanits, Gandaran:
shows Maya Devi returning to Kapilavastu holding Prince Siddhartha The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan, Mainz, 2008, p.219, no.150, and
Gautama, the future Buddha to be introduced to the audience. Given another heavily abraded version in the British Museum, London, see
that his mother died seven days after her birth, the maternal figure W.Zwalf, Gandharan Art, London, 1996, p.94, no.152.
may indeed be his aunt, Mahaprajapati, to whom was entrusted the
education of the Prince Siddhartha throughout his youth - she gazes 犍陀羅 約三世紀 片岩佛誕圖磚
loving on the swaddled prince backed by a halo. They are transported
by figures to the sides and at the back, one still remaining with a bare 來源：
torso and turban, in a chair or palanquin with turned column uprights. 巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏, 於1935年前入藏，
The procession is led by Brahma holding a staff with a triratna finial 藏籤’C.586’
and wheel, and Indra turned to the side with a decorated register at 巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏
the top, stand.
29.5cm (11 3/8in) x 31 cm (12 1/4in). (2).

€15,000 - 20,000
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