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A LARGE GANDHARA SCHIST HEAD OF GODDESS
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HARITI, 2 – 3 CENTURY
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Grey schist with good age-patina, modern metal base
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Ancient region of Gandhara, 2 – 3 century
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This rare Gandhara Schist head depicts Hariti, the goddess
patron of children and one of the very few female deities
portrayed during the Gandhara reign. She is shown with a
serene smile, the head tilted to the side with a warm and
loving facial expression. The aristocratic facial features, a
precious earring and the braided headdress below the turban
all attest to the divinity of the portrait.

The kingdom of Gandhara lasted from 530 BC to 1021
AD, when its last king was murdered by his own troops.
It stretched across parts of present-day Afghanistan and
Pakistan. Gandhara is noted for its distinctive style in Buddhist
art, which developed out of a merger of Greek, Syrian, Persian
and Indian artistic influence. Gandharan style flourished and
achieved its peak during the Kushan period, from the 1st to
the 5th century. In the first century AD, Gandhara was the
birthplace of some of the earliest Buddhist images.
Shape: Figural shape
Dimensions: 43 cm (height of head alone), 32 cm (maximum
width), 56 cm (height with base)
Condition: Good condition, fully consistent with the age of
the sculpture, material loss to exposed areas
Provenance: Collection of an American gentleman

Auction result comparison: Christie’s, INDIAN, HIMALAYAN &
SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART
21 November 2001, Amsterdam, lot 20 (for a comparable
Gandhara Schist head, also attributed to Hariti).

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䈵旨伭⛘⋨炻Ḵ军ᶱᶾ䲨
櫤⫸㭵炻⍰䧙ッ⫸㭵炻䁢⃺䪍䘬⬰嬟䤆炻㗗⮹㔠⸦ᾳ䈵旨伭⛘⋨
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䘬共悐䈡⽝炻䦨㚱䘬俛䑘⍲䶐䷼䘬檖檣炻⯽䎦Ḯ℞䤆俾䘬ᶨ朊ˤ
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䘬幵昲塓⇌ˤ䌳㛅ỵ嗽䎦Ṳ䘬旧⭴㯿⍲⶜➢㕗✎⛘⋨ˤẍ℞䌐
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䘬喅埻⼙枧≃⎰Ἕ侴ㆸˤ⽆䫔ᶨ军䫔Ḽᶾ䲨䘬屜曄㗪㛇炻䈵旨
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㖑䘬ἃ㔁⚾⁷䘬娽䓇⛘ˤ
⼊䉨烉Ṣ䈑⼊䉨
⯢⮠烉檀43⍀䰛(ᶵ⏓⸽⹏)炻⮔32⍀䰛(㚨⣏⮔⹎)炻⏓⸽⹏檀57
⍀䰛
⑩䚠列⤥炻⬴ℐ䫎⎰䔞㗪䘬晽⟹㗪ẋ炻悐↮㛸㕁仢⣙ˤ
伶⚳䳛⢓㓞啷

栆Ụ㉵⑩烉ᶨẞ栆Ụ䘬䈵旨伭䇯ⱑ櫤⫸㭵柕⁷炻夳Ἓ⢓⼿˪⌘
⹎ˣ╄䐒㉱晭⍲㜙⋿Ṇ喅埻˫炻2001⸜11㚰21㖍炻旧⥮㕗䈡ᷡ炻
㉵⑩䶐嘇20ˤ

EstimateġEUR 6.000,-
Starting price EUR 3.000,-

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