A GREEN SCHIST GABLE RELIEF

GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY AD

Details

A GREEN SCHIST GABLE RELIEF
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY AD
Deeply carved with two registers within an arched gable, the central panel with Maitreya and disciples, the lower relief with the Great Departure, with Siddhartha riding his horse Kanthaka, with Chandaka carrying the parasol to his left, the beams supporting the gable with floral scrolls, each side with standing figures, with one drilled holes between the two registers, on modern stand
19in. (48.5cm.) high

Provenance

Spink, London, 7 July 1993

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

View condition report

Lot Essay

Narrative panels were often affixed to the drums of large and small stupas and could thus be read like a story-board sequentially in the ritual process of circumambulation. Reliefs were also placed in false gables on the front and the mid-section of a stupa.

More from Art & Textiles of The Islamic & Indian Worlds Including Works From The Collection of The Late Simon Digby

View All