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THREE SCHIST PANELS WITH SCENES OF SIDDHARTHA'S NATIVITY
ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY6 1/2 x 14 in. (16.7 x 35.5 cm), the largest; 5 1/4 x 12 3/4 in. (13.4 x 32.5 cm), the smallest
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犍陀羅 二/三世紀 片岩悉達多太子降生圖石碑 共三件By way of size, subject, and composition, these three curved panels are from the same workshop, or even stupa. The one of lesser height might have appeared above the other two as the stupa tapered upwards. Their scenes, depicted below bands of scrolling pipal leaves, all relate to Buddha's birth. The central panel depicts the Dream of Maya (right), and the Bathing of Newborn Siddhartha (left) (cf. Kurita, Gandharan Art, Vol.1, Tokyo, 1988, pp.25-6, nos.16-21). The right panel depicts the Interpretation of Maya's Dream (right), and Maya traveling in a lion-drawn chariot to her hometown of Devadaha to give birth to Siddhartha (which happened en-route) (cf. ibid., pp.25 & 34, nos.27, 30 & 38-40). The left panel depicts Maya and newborn Siddhartha returning to Kapilavastu (center) with two nobles awaiting their arrival (left) (cf. ibid., pp.41-2, nos.58 & 63-4). ProvenanceThe Estate of Benjamin M. Rice II, New York, by 1998