TWO GRAY SCHIST RELIEFS

GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY

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TWO GRAY SCHIST RELIEFS
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
The first, a relief depicting a thick looping garland carried by chubby amorini; the second relief depicting a robed river god with long wavy hair and a thick beard, with rounded features in three-quarter profile and holding a dolphin in his right hand
8 ¾ in. (22.1 cm.) long, the first and 8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) long, the second

Provenance

Collection of Rita Perry, Lörrach, Germany, acquired between 1963-1972

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Lot Essay

The carving of the details, especially with regards to the the beaded and banded pattern of the vine in the first relief as well as the river god's hair in the second relief, is particularly refined. For a similar example of garland-bearers that displays a similar composition and rendering of the amorinis' physique, see W. Zwalf, A Catalogue of the Gandhara Sculpture in the British Museum, 1996, p.236, fig.424.

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