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A Gray Schist Relief with the Great Departure
- GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY

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A Gray Schist Relief with the Great Departure
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Estimate
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    $15,000 - $20,000

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Sale 2300
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
23 March 2010
New York, Rockefeller Plaza Buy Catalog





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A Gray Schist Relief with the Great Departure
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Finely carved with Siddhartha at center departing on his horse Kanthaka, with numerous attendant figures, including his servant Chandaka to his left and Mara clutching an arrow to his right, with two yakshas supporting the hooves of Kanthaka below and a blossoming tree at left
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high

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Provenance

Japanese Collection, by 1985

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