拍品專文
For a closely related casket, see S. Czuma, Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India, 1985, cat. no. 84; and for a votive stupa, see P. Pal, Indian Sculpture, vol. 1, 1986, cat. no. S39, p. 162.
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GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
細節
A green schist round covered box and votive stupa
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
The spherical casket delicately carved with floral medallions, each within three incised concentric circles, topped by an inset lid carved with a lotus flower; the votive stupa decorated with three raised bands below the domed top, the inserted finial consisting of a five-tiered umbrella superstructure
1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) and 4¼ in. (10.4 cm.) high (2)
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
The spherical casket delicately carved with floral medallions, each within three incised concentric circles, topped by an inset lid carved with a lotus flower; the votive stupa decorated with three raised bands below the domed top, the inserted finial consisting of a five-tiered umbrella superstructure
1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) and 4¼ in. (10.4 cm.) high (2)
來源
Spink and Son, London, 1987
出版
For similar examples, see I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, vol. II, 2003, pgs. 266-268, fig. nos. 806 and 812.