A gray schist bracket with a lion
A gray schist bracket with a lion

GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY

Details
A gray schist bracket with a lion
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Well-carved with rounded features and finely combed hair with curled tips at the chest, the face expressively carved with its tongue dangling out and the body emerging from a rectangular plinth
12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm.) high
Provenance
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1983
Exhibited
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1983

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