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GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A Gray Schist Frieze of the Birth of Buddha
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
Carved with Maya at center beneath a sal tree with her right hand raised grasping a branch, flanked by her sister Mahaprajapati and the god Indra at left
9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) high
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
Carved with Maya at center beneath a sal tree with her right hand raised grasping a branch, flanked by her sister Mahaprajapati and the god Indra at left
9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in the 1960's
Literature
"Gandhara in Gotham," Social Register Observer, May 2002, vol. CXVI, p. 50.