Lot Essay
The artist skillfully alternated the scale of the figures to maximize the available space.
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PROPERTY FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF JULIAN SHERRIER
A gray schist frieze with standing and seated Buddhas in niches
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A gray schist frieze with standing and seated Buddhas in niches
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Carved with a series of arched niches supported by columns, two with seated images of Buddha in the teaching gesture and in meditation, flanked by smaller images of standing Buddhas, all wearing long flowing robes
19 in. (48.3 cm.) wide
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Carved with a series of arched niches supported by columns, two with seated images of Buddha in the teaching gesture and in meditation, flanked by smaller images of standing Buddhas, all wearing long flowing robes
19 in. (48.3 cm.) wide
Provenance
Acquired in the 1970s
Literature
I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, vol. II, 2003, p. 91, fig. 230
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