Ensayo del lote
Vajrapani holds the characteristically modeled stylized thunderbolt, compare H. Ingolt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, 1957, fig. 337.
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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION
A Gray Schist Frieze
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A Gray Schist Frieze
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
Deeply carved with Buddha and Vajrapani holding the thunderbolt at right, followed by a later scene of two Nagarajas paying obeisance to Buddha Shakyamuni and Vajrapani flanked by a pillar at left
5½ in. (14 cm.) high ; 15¼ in. (38.5 cm.) wide
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
Deeply carved with Buddha and Vajrapani holding the thunderbolt at right, followed by a later scene of two Nagarajas paying obeisance to Buddha Shakyamuni and Vajrapani flanked by a pillar at left
5½ in. (14 cm.) high ; 15¼ in. (38.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Count F.L.F. di Valmarina, Genova (before 1965)