A Gray schist relief of Siddharta's groom Chandaka and his horse Kanthaka

GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY

细节

A Gray schist relief of Siddharta's groom Chandaka and his horse Kanthaka
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Chandaka depicted as a child with his mother on left, Kanthaka as the baby horse suckling his mother in center, with Chandaka's parents and additional figures and horses
9¾ x 13¾ in. (24.7 x 35 cm.) high

来源

Private American Collection, acquired in the 1990s

拍品专文

Chandaka is seated on his mother's feet while his father feeds the mare that mothers Kanthaka. Horses peer over a wall at the top, and three other figures stand behind Chandaka's parents. To the far right stands a yakshi, an ancient nature spirit, on a lotus pedestal. For a similar example, see H. Ingholt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, 1957, fig. 19.