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A GRAY SCHIST RELIEF OF BUDDHA FLANKED BY BODHISATTVAS
A GRAY SCHIST RELIEF OF BUDDHA FLANKED BY BODHISATTVAS
A GRAY SCHIST RELIEF OF BUDDHA FLANKED BY BODHISATTVAS
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GANDHARAN MASTERPIECES FROM A PRIVATE JAPANESE COLLECTION
A GRAY SCHIST RELIEF OF BUDDHA FLANKED BY BODHISATTVAS

ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD-4TH CENTURY CE

Details
A GRAY SCHIST RELIEF OF BUDDHA FLANKED BY BODHISATTVAS
ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD-4TH CENTURY CE
24 ¼ in. (61.6 cm.) high; 19 ¾ in. (50.2 cm.) wide
Provenance
Private collection, Europe, by 1988, by repute.
Important private collection, Japan, by 1990.
Literature
I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, vol. I, Tokyo, 1988, p. 202, fig. 410.
M. Akira, Gandharan Art and Bamiyan Site, Tokyo, 2006, p. 63, no. 28.

Lot Essay


The present relief follows a standard Buddhist triad compositional type. Here, Buddha is seated between two bodhisattvas, Avalokiteshvara on his proper right, and Maitreya on his left. Indra and Brahma emerge from behind, between the bodhisattvas and Buddha, while a proto-yaksha figure drapes a garland in the tree above Buddha. Compare the work to similarly composed Buddhist triads from Gandhara, including lot 410 in the present sale.

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