Live Auction 2112The Scholar's Vision: The Pal Family Collection
A rare gray schist frieze of the Buddha's First Sermon
Lot 329

A rare gray schist frieze of the Buddha's First Sermon

GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY

Closed20 March 2008

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A rare gray schist frieze of the Buddha's First Sermon
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Carved with a triple chakra supported on a column, all over a plinth flanked by two reclining bulls and attendants in adoration
9¾ (24.7 cm.) high

Specialist note

For another example, at the Tokyo National Museum, see I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, vol. 1, 2003, cat. no. 285, p. 151.