A Gray Schist Relief Fragment , GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY | Christie's

Sale 1355

INDIAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART INCLUDING INDIAN PAINTINGS

New York

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25 March 2004

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Lot 13

A Gray Schist Relief Fragment

GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY

Price realised

USD 4,182

Estimate

USD 4,000 - USD 6,000

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A Gray Schist Relief Fragment
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
Deeply carved with a Bodhisattva reaching up to dispense flowers, with flowerheads gathered in the folds of the drapery, all beside the scrolling pendent leaves of the Bodhi tree
11½ in. (29.1 cm.) high
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