Lot Essay
The scene depicts Prince Siddhartha's renunciation from worldly life at age 29. In the middle of the night, he left his father's palace on horseback supported by apsaras so that no one would be awakened.
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GANDHARA, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY
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A Green Schist Frieze of Prince Siddhartha Gautama
Gandhara, circa 3rd Century
Carved in deep relief depicting the nimbated prince on horseback supported by the shoulders of two figures below and flanked by attendants in a door way dressed in armor
83/8 x 8½ in. (21 x 21.8 cm.)
Gandhara, circa 3rd Century
Carved in deep relief depicting the nimbated prince on horseback supported by the shoulders of two figures below and flanked by attendants in a door way dressed in armor
83/8 x 8½ in. (21 x 21.8 cm.)