拍品 15
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A Green Schist Relief of Siddhartha Riding a Ram
A Green Schist Relief of Siddhartha Riding a Ram

SWAT VALLEY, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY

细节
A Green Schist Relief of Siddhartha Riding a Ram
Swat Valley, circa 3rd Century
Carved with Prince Siddhartha riding on a caparisoned ram, surrounded by numerous attendants, the ram well carved with curly locks of hair
14 in. (35.5 cm.) high

拍品专文

This rare scene depicts Siddhartha departing for school. For a similar scene, see H. Ingolt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, 1957, cat. no. 23; and another scene showing Buddha on a cart drawn by two rams, in I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, 1990, vol. 1, figs. P1-11, p. 14.