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TWO SCHIST VOTIVE IMAGES OF BUDDHA AND ARDOCHSHO
ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD/4TH CENTURYBuddha: 10 3/8 in. (26.5 cm) highArdochsho: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm) high
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犍陀羅 三/四世紀 片岩佛陀像及阿道克狩像In one is carved a sweet personal votive image of the Buddha seated above a throne supported by lions with a diminutive bodhisattva (probably Maitreya). The other is carved with the Iranian goddess of fortune, Ardochsho, evidently a part of the cosmopolitan pantheon worshipped in Gandhara. In her left hand she holds a cornucopia—a symbol of plenty and prosperity. A small votive image of a pensive bodhisattva in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford draws similarities to both pieces (Jongeward, Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2019, p.113, no.79). Another image of Ardochsho's (but missing her head) is closely related in terms of carving and material, and is published in Ingholt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, New York, 1959, no.345. ProvenanceThe Estate of Benjamin M. Rice II, New York, by 1998