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TWO SCHIST RELIEFS WITH BUDDHA AND A DONOR FIGURE
ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURYCapital: 5 3/4 x 10 in. (14.7 x 25.5 cm)Donor: 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)
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犍陀羅 二/三世紀 片岩佛陀石碑及供養人石碑Both pieces are well carved. The capital features a haloed bust of Buddha surrounded by curling acanthus leaves. The false bracket shows a donor with his hands in reverence. The capital compares favorably to others published in Sun & He, A History of Gandhara Civilization, Beijing, 2009, p.52, no.1-25, and sold at Bonhams, New York, 18 September 2013, lot 54. The false bracket compares favorably to another published in Ingholt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, New York, 1959, no.475. Another carved in similar green schist is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2001.736).ProvenanceThe Estate of Benjamin M. Rice II, New York, by 1998