NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 9TH/10TH CENTURY

Details

A Gray Schist Relief with the Teaching Buddha
Northeastern India, Pala period, 9th/10th century
Centered by the Buddha seated with his hands in dharmachakramudra, flanked on either side by four bodhisattvas seated on lotus blossoms, with an inscription on the lower band centered by a chakra and attendant deer
23½ in. (59.7 cm.) long

Provenance

Julian Sherrier Collection, London, formed between early 1940s-1972

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Lot Essay

The inscription above the images contains the popular Buddhist creed, whereas the inscription below says goraksitabhiksava avaruhnike lidgade devadharmmoyam krtah, which means "Cow-protected monks commissioned this religious work at Lidgada in Avaruhnika."

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