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GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A gray schist dish
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Circular shape with deeply carved flowerhead on one side, the other divided into four chambers with a mythical beast in one and Queen Maya's dreaming about the white elephant visiting her in another
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) diameter
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Circular shape with deeply carved flowerhead on one side, the other divided into four chambers with a mythical beast in one and Queen Maya's dreaming about the white elephant visiting her in another
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) diameter
Provenance
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired by 1996 Previously sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 2011, lot 3
Literature
P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, p. 240 and 344, cat. no. 317
Exhibited
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago, 1996-2010
A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2 August - 26 October 1997, cat. no. 317
A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2 August - 26 October 1997, cat. no. 317
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