拍品專文
This relief offers a glimpse of the Buddha as Prince Siddhartha, enjoying the comforts of marriage and the palace, before renouncing his title and leaving to achieve enlightenment.
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GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
細節
A gray schist relief of Palace Life
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
With Siddhartha and Yashodhara seated on the edge of the bed with musicians to the left, female attendants behind and above on a balcony flanked by arches with birds, with some figures and animals below, all capped by a frieze of putti carrying an undulating garland bearing fruit
14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
With Siddhartha and Yashodhara seated on the edge of the bed with musicians to the left, female attendants behind and above on a balcony flanked by arches with birds, with some figures and animals below, all capped by a frieze of putti carrying an undulating garland bearing fruit
14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high
來源
Japanese Collection, acquired in the 1990s