Page 34 - Christies DEVOTION IN STONE Gandharan Art From a Japanese Collection Sept 23 2020 NYC

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A LARGE AND IMPORTANT GRAY SCHIST
FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA,
3RD-4TH CENTURY CE
61æ in. (157 cm.) high

$1,500,000-2,500,000
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Europe, before 1990.
Important private collection, Japan, by 1990.
EXHIBITED:
Shizuoka Kenritsu Bijutsukan, Fukuoka Ajia Bijutsukan,
Fukui-shi Bijutsukan, “Gandhara Art & Bamiyan Site,”
28 December 2007-6 July 2008, cat. no. 14.
LITERATURE:
I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, vol. II, Tokyo, 1990, p. 49, fig. 118.
M. Akira, Gandharan Art and Bamiyan Site, Tokyo, 2006,
p. 48, no. 14.

Cover and illustration from I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, vol. II, Tokyo, 1990, p. 49, fig. 118.

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