Lot 3 Dα

A Gandhara silvery schist architectural fragment. Pakistan. Probably 2nd/3rd century

The Buddha sits in meditation underneath pipal leaves, his left hand resting on his knee while securing a part of his robe with his right hand, he is surrounded by four men wearing turbans and holding their hands folded in prayer, above them a figure. The plinth decorated by a row of leaves.
Height 24.5 cm; width 28.5 cm