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GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A large gray schist relief of Maitreya with Bodhisattvas
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Formed of three panels, the central panel carved with a large figure of Maitreya standing with his hand raised in the fear-abiding gesture and wearing long flowing robes elegantly draped across his shoulder, flanked by two panels of Bodhisattvas backed by pilasters with acanthus leaf capitals
17¾ x 27 5/8 in. (45 x 70 cm.)
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Formed of three panels, the central panel carved with a large figure of Maitreya standing with his hand raised in the fear-abiding gesture and wearing long flowing robes elegantly draped across his shoulder, flanked by two panels of Bodhisattvas backed by pilasters with acanthus leaf capitals
17¾ x 27 5/8 in. (45 x 70 cm.)
Provenance
Private Collection, London, before 2000
Japanese Collection
Japanese Collection
Exhibited
Musee de Lattes, De l'Indus a l'Oxus, Archeologie de l'Asie Centrale, 2003, cat. no. 222, p. 265.