Page 50 - Christies DEVOTION IN STONE Gandharan Art From a Japanese Collection Sept 23 2020 NYC

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A GREEN SCHIST FRIEZE FRAGMENT
DEPICTING A MARINE DEITY
ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA,
SWAT VALLEY, 2ND-4TH CENTURY CE
11¡ in. (28.9 cm.) high

$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Europe, before 1990.
Important private collection, Japan, by 1990.
LITERATURE:
I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, vol. II, Tokyo, 1990,
p. 146, fig. 418.

Compare the treatment of the present figure's
anatomy to the naturalistic musculature depicted in
a serpentinite stair riser relief in the collection of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art (acc. no.13.96.21). These
schematic figures are also portrayed holding oars and
wearing acanthus leaves around their hips, suggesting
that they are marine deities or boatmen.

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A GREEN SCHIST RELIEF WITH
DEVOTEES IN NICHES
ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA,
SWAT VALLEY, 2ND-4TH CENTURY CE
6Ω in. (16.5 cm.) high; 12¡ in. (31.4 cm.) wide

$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Europe, before 1990.
Important private collection, Japan, by 1990.
LITERATURE:
I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, vol. II, Tokyo, 1990,
621 p. 207, fig. 600.

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