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A stone head of Hariti, Ancient region of Gandhara, Kushan period, circa 3rd century | 犍陀羅貴霜王朝約三世紀石雕鬼子母佛首

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A stone head of Hariti

Ancient region of Gandhara, Kushan period, circa 3rd century

the head of Hariti with fragmentary crossbar and child from an enthroned image of the goddess

Height 30.3 cm, 11⅞ in.

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Tête en pierre de Hariti, ancienne région du Gandhara, époque Kushan, vers IIIe siècle

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犍陀羅貴霜王朝約三世紀石雕鬼子母佛首

English Private Collection, since the 1980s.

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英國私人收藏，始於1980年代

Compare the child appearing from behind the crossbar of the throne-back in a second century stele in the Peshawar University Museum, see Christian Luczanits et al., Gandhara: The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan, exh. cat., Mainz, 2008, p. 156, cat. no. 105. And compare the coiffure, the pendant jewel on the forehead and the wreath encircling the head with a third century seated Hariti in a private collection, see Vidya Dehejia, Devi: The Great Goddess, exh. cat., Washington, 1999, p. 306, cat. no. 62.

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A stone head of Hariti, Ancient region of Gandhara, Kushan period, circa 3rd century | 犍陀羅 貴霜王朝約三世紀 石雕鬼子母佛首

A stone head of Hariti, Ancient region of Gandhara, Kushan period, circa 3rd century | 犍陀羅貴霜王朝約三世紀石雕鬼子母佛首