Lot Essay
Compare with a related example in W. Zwalf, A Catalogue of the Gandhara Sculpture at the British Museum, vol. II, fig. 460, p. 256.
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GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A gray schist frieze
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
Carved with a seated Buddha at center backed by a round nimbus and with acantus leaves radiating around him
12 in. (30.4 cm.) wide
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
Carved with a seated Buddha at center backed by a round nimbus and with acantus leaves radiating around him
12 in. (30.4 cm.) wide
Provenance
Japanese Collection, acquired in the 1980s