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Lot 100
FRAGMENT EN SCHISTE GRIS Ancienne région du Gandhara, IIIe/IVe siècle
10 December 2024, 10:30 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche€10,000 - €15,000
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FRAGMENT EN SCHISTE GRIS
Ancienne région du Gandhara, IIIe/IVe siècle
A GREY SCHIST FRAGMENT WITH FOLLOWERS OF THE BUDDHA
Ancient region of Gandhara, 3rd/4th century
Superbly carved in deep relief, with four bald-headed monks in pleated monastic robes in discourse and veneration of the now missing Buddha figure, above two complete lay figures, one holding a flaming torch.
40.6 x 38.9 cm (16 x 15 13/4 in)
A GREY SCHIST FRAGMENT WITH FOLLOWERS OF THE BUDDHA
Ancient region of Gandhara, 3rd/4th century
Superbly carved in deep relief, with four bald-headed monks in pleated monastic robes in discourse and veneration of the now missing Buddha figure, above two complete lay figures, one holding a flaming torch.
40.6 x 38.9 cm (16 x 15 13/4 in)
Footnotes
犍陀羅 三/四世紀 片岩佛陀隨從石碑
Provenance:
A Private New York Collection.
Bonhams New York, 19 March 2012, lot 1004.
A Greek collector.
來源
紐約私人收藏
紐約邦翰斯，2012年3月19日，編號1004
希臘藏家收藏
The dramatic composition of this scene represents the high point of narrative panels from Gandhara. Here the two left monks are actively engaged in discussion with discernible expressions, and the torch bearers above suggest direct connection to the now missing central figure. Compare the treatment of the monks with a relief panel in the British Museum collection, published in Zwalf, A Catalogue of the Gandhara Sculpture in the British Museum, 1996, no. 293, p. 175. Also compare the with a panel of the First Sermon in the Calcutta Museum, published in Marshall, The Buddhist Art of Gandhara. The Story of the Early School: Its Birth, Growth and Decline, 1980, fig. 117, pl. 82.