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GANDHARA, 1ST CENTURY
Details
A gray schist dish
Gandhara, 1st century
Circular shape with deeply carved flowerhead on one side, the other divided into four chambers with a mythical beast in one and Queen Maya's dreaming about the white elephant visiting her in another
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) diameter
Gandhara, 1st century
Circular shape with deeply carved flowerhead on one side, the other divided into four chambers with a mythical beast in one and Queen Maya's dreaming about the white elephant visiting her in another
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) diameter
Provenance
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1996
Literature
Pratapaditya Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, p. 240 and 344, cat. no. 317
Exhibited
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1996