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GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
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A Gray Schist Relief with the Birth of Buddha
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
Carved with Maya at center beneath a sal tree with her right hand raised grasping a branch, flanked by her sister Mahaprajapati and a woman holding a palm branch, the baby emerging form her side and being received by the god Indra, all framed within a scroll border
13½ in. (34.2 cm.) high
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
Carved with Maya at center beneath a sal tree with her right hand raised grasping a branch, flanked by her sister Mahaprajapati and a woman holding a palm branch, the baby emerging form her side and being received by the god Indra, all framed within a scroll border
13½ in. (34.2 cm.) high