GANDHARA OR SWAT VALLEY, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY

細節

A green schist relief of Siddhartha going to school
Gandhara or Swat Valley, circa 3rd century
Boldly carved with Prince Siddhartha riding on a caparisoned ram, surrounded by numerous attendants, the ram well-carved with curly locks of hair
14 in. (35.5 cm.) high

來源

Private collection, Japan, 1980s
Christie's New York, 27 March 2003, lot 15

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Anita Mehta

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拍品專文

The ram Siddhartha is riding on is particularly well-observed and executed. For another example, see H. Ingolt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, 1957, cat. no. 23; compare also with a scene showing Buddha on a cart drawn by two rams, in I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, 1990, vol. 1, figs. P1-11, p. 14.