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GANDHARA, CIRCA 2ND/3RD CENTURY
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AN ALLEGORICAL FIGURE OF A CITY (TYCHE)
GANDHARA, CIRCA 2ND/3RD CENTURY
The carved grey schist relief depicting a bejewelled woman wearing a toga and joining her hands together, crowned by a tiara and a model of walled city, crenelated walls rising from her shoulders, on old wooden stand, the underside with old label
9½in. (24.1cm.) high (with stand)
GANDHARA, CIRCA 2ND/3RD CENTURY
The carved grey schist relief depicting a bejewelled woman wearing a toga and joining her hands together, crowned by a tiara and a model of walled city, crenelated walls rising from her shoulders, on old wooden stand, the underside with old label
9½in. (24.1cm.) high (with stand)
Provenance
Formely in private US collection formed circa 1970-1989 which sold at Bonham's, 8 October 2009, lot 339.