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Lot 102
FRAGMENT EN RELIEF REPRÉSENTANT BOUDDHA EN SCHISTE GRIS Ancienne région du Gandhara, IIIe/IVe siècle
10 December 2024, 10:30 CET
Paris, Avenue HocheSold for €28,160 inc. premium
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FRAGMENT EN RELIEF REPRÉSENTANT BOUDDHA EN SCHISTE GRIS
Ancienne région du Gandhara, IIIe/IVe siècle
A GREY SCHIST RELIEF OF THE BUDDHA
Ancient region of Gandhara, 3rd/4th century
Seated on a platform raised on a thick petal lotus rising from the swirling ocean, the future Buddha with his hands joined in act of teaching, vitarka mudra. His sanghati robes hang in heavy pleats covering his whole body and his hair arranged in rippling locks over the ushnisha. Standing to his left is an unidentified bodhisattva and two diminutive attendant figures at the base and by the Buddha's nimbus.
57.1 x 34.3 cm (22 1/2 x 13 1/2 in)
A GREY SCHIST RELIEF OF THE BUDDHA
Ancient region of Gandhara, 3rd/4th century
Seated on a platform raised on a thick petal lotus rising from the swirling ocean, the future Buddha with his hands joined in act of teaching, vitarka mudra. His sanghati robes hang in heavy pleats covering his whole body and his hair arranged in rippling locks over the ushnisha. Standing to his left is an unidentified bodhisattva and two diminutive attendant figures at the base and by the Buddha's nimbus.
57.1 x 34.3 cm (22 1/2 x 13 1/2 in)
Footnotes
犍陀羅 三/四世紀 片岩佛陀像
PROPERTY OF A GREEK COLLECTOR
希臘藏家收藏
Provenance:
A Private New York Collection.
Bonhams New York, 19 March 2012, lot 1006.
A Greek collector.
來源
紐約私人收藏
紐約邦翰斯，2012年3月19日，編號1006
希臘藏家收藏
Compare with two relief panels in the British Museum collection, illustrated in Zwalf, A Catalogue of the Gandhara Sculpture in the British Museum, London, 1996, pp. 70-1 nos. 111 & 112.