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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
Two gray schist reliefs of Buddha and an Altar
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
Two gray schist reliefs of Buddha and an Altar
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
One with the Buddha seated on a low throne under the bodhi tree, flanked by two devotees with folded hands, all in a niche bordered by flowers, a further niche on either side each with a squatting figure gazing center; the other with a cylindrical pedestal holding three chakras flanked by four devotees with folded hands, a pilaster on either side with a braided border above
10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm.), the wider (2)
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
One with the Buddha seated on a low throne under the bodhi tree, flanked by two devotees with folded hands, all in a niche bordered by flowers, a further niche on either side each with a squatting figure gazing center; the other with a cylindrical pedestal holding three chakras flanked by four devotees with folded hands, a pilaster on either side with a braided border above
10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm.), the wider (2)
Provenance
Private Collection, Japan, 1985