A NORTH INDIAN, PALA STYLE, PHYLLITE STONE PANEL, carved in relief with the first sermon in the deerpark at Bodhgaya, Buddha Sakyamuni is seated in vajrasana, the hands in dharmacakra, a halo behind, a cakra flanked by two deer below, flanked to each side by four of the mahabodhisattvas, each seated in various relaxed positions, holding different attributes, wearing bodhisattva-ornaments, dhoti and the base below with a long inscription, 9th Century

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A NORTH INDIAN, PALA STYLE, PHYLLITE STONE PANEL, carved in relief with the first sermon in the deerpark at Bodhgaya, Buddha Sakyamuni is seated in vajrasana, the hands in dharmacakra, a halo behind, a cakra flanked by two deer below, flanked to each side by four of the mahabodhisattvas, each seated in various relaxed positions, holding different attributes, wearing bodhisattva-ornaments, dhoti and the base below with a long inscription, 9th Century
69 cm long (slight damage to faces)

拍品专文

The inscription may be translated:
This is the pious gift of Buddhapriya, resident of Kaldi; may the merit of this gift be for the attainment of supreme knowledge by his teacher, preceptors, mother, father and all sentient beings.

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