Lot Essay
For another example of an unidentified deity with an animal's face and holding a cup and ram's head, see I. Kurita, Gandharan Art II: The World of the Buddha, 2003, p. 248, cat. no. 750.
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PROPERTY FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF JULIAN SHERRIER
A Gray Schist Relief with an Animal-Headed Deity
GANDHARA, 3RD/4TH CENTURY
Details
A Gray Schist Relief with an Animal-Headed Deity
Gandhara, 3rd/4th century
Seated in 'Royal Ease' on a throne, holding a cup in her raised right hand and a ram's head in her left, clad in a full-length sanghati, the head with horns and backed by a halo
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high
Gandhara, 3rd/4th century
Seated in 'Royal Ease' on a throne, holding a cup in her raised right hand and a ram's head in her left, clad in a full-length sanghati, the head with horns and backed by a halo
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Julian Sherrier Collection, London, formed between early 1940s-1972
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