GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY

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Two Gray Schist String Panels of a Stair
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
The two triangular panels expressively carved with a winged dragon and a seamonster respectively within the shaped outline
10¼ and 8¾ in. (26.0 and 22.3 cm.) wide (2)

Descriptif du lot

Triangular panels of this type lined the interior side of steps; for another example with tritons and a further discussion, see S. Czuma, Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India, 1985, cat. 91, p. 178.

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