A Gandhara grey schist stupa base. 2nd/3rd century - image-1

Lot 379 Dα

A Gandhara grey schist stupa base. 2nd/3rd century

Auction 1112 - overview Cologne
15.06.2018, 11:00 - Chinese, Tibet/Neapel, India, Southeast Asia
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
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A Gandhara grey schist stupa base. 2nd/3rd century

A Gandhara grey schist stupa base displaying on each of the four sides a Buddha or Bodhisattva seated in meditation and flanked by worshippers, the pilasters at the corners with base moldings and Corinthian capitals. 2nd/3rd century.
Height 14.6 cm; 22.5 x 22.5 cm

Literature

Compare very similar piece in the British Museum, London, illustrated in: W. Zwalf, A Catalogue of the Gandhara Sculpture in the British Musum, vol. II, London 1996, cat. no. 264