A Gray Schist Panel of Winged Atlas and a Gray Schist String Panel with Sea Monster
A Gray Schist Panel of Winged Atlas and a Gray Schist String Panel with Sea Monster

GANDHARA, 3RD CENTURY

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A Gray Schist Panel of Winged Atlas and a Gray Schist String Panel with Sea Monster
Gandhara, 3rd century
Atlas depicted in a crouching position with the left hand resting on his thigh, his wings spread out behind him; the sea monster with a bull's head and torso, spread wings, and a spiraling serpent's tail
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) long, the larger (2)
Provenance
Julian Sherrier Collection, London, formed between early 1940s-1972

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