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GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A gray schist relief with the Birth of Buddha
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Queen Maya at center with one arm aloft holding the boughs of the sal tree and the other around her sister for support, the Buddha emerging from her side and caught by an attendant, with additional female figures at right and male attendants at left, the infant Buddha shown again standing against a pilaster at far right
13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm.) wide
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
Queen Maya at center with one arm aloft holding the boughs of the sal tree and the other around her sister for support, the Buddha emerging from her side and caught by an attendant, with additional female figures at right and male attendants at left, the infant Buddha shown again standing against a pilaster at far right
13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm.) wide
Provenance
Private collection, Pennsylvania, acquired by 1970