A pair of gray schist side panels for a stair riser

GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY

Details

A pair of gray schist side panels for a stair riser
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
One depicting a sea dragon with swirling tail, horns, and bulging eyes, the other carved with a cockerel with outstretched wings and thick plumage
14 1/8 in. (35.8 cm.), the wider (2)

Provenance

Private collection, Japan, acquired 1986-1990

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Lot Essay

For another example displaying an aquatic dragon, see A. Proser (ed.), The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan, 2011, p. 127, cat. no. 37. A similar example depicting a cockerel was sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 2011, lot 238, and for further examples, see I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, vol. II, 2003, p. 247, figs 744 and 745.

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