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Lot 4
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Narrative panel Grey schist Ancient region of Gandhara, Kushan period

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Narrative panel
  • Grey schist
  • height 21 in. (53.3 cm)

Provenance

Acquired 1970-1973

Catalogue Note

The fragment is very likely the central panel of a narrative relief depicting the return of Queen Maya to Kapilavastu with her newborn Gautama Siddhartha.

For a complete representation of the episode, see W. Zwalf, Gandhara Sculpture in the British Museum, vol. II, London, 1996, no. 155, p. 95.