TWO GRAY SCHIST RELIEFS WITH SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
TWO GRAY SCHIST RELIEFS WITH SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY The first relief with two scenes framed and separated by pilasters, depicting Siddhartha at right riding his horse obliquely through a gate before two figures, and again at left seated in meditation; the second relief with three scenes framed by short pilasters, from right to left depicting Buddha seated under a tree between two figures, Buddha seated on the ground in profile and backed by a nimbus looking at the Bodhi tree with a figure in reverence standing behind, and Buddha spinning the Wheel of Law surrounded by five monks 12 ¾ in. (32.4 cm.) long, the first and 11 ¾ in. (29.8 cm.) long, the second
TWO GRAY SCHIST RELIEFS WITH SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
TWO GRAY SCHIST RELIEFS WITH SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY The first relief with two scenes framed and separated by pilasters, depicting Siddhartha at right riding his horse obliquely through a gate before two figures, and again at left seated in meditation; the second relief with three scenes framed by short pilasters, from right to left depicting Buddha seated under a tree between two figures, Buddha seated on the ground in profile and backed by a nimbus looking at the Bodhi tree with a figure in reverence standing behind, and Buddha spinning the Wheel of Law surrounded by five monks 12 ¾ in. (32.4 cm.) long, the first and 11 ¾ in. (29.8 cm.) long, the second
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