FRAGMENT OF A BAS-RELIEF DEPICTING THE EXCHANGE... Lot 38

FRAGMENT OF A BAS-RELIEF DEPICTING THE EXCHANGE OF CLOTHES IN GREY SCHIST ANICENNA GANDHARA REGION, IIE/IIIE CENTURY 32.7 x 34.5 cm (12 7/8 x 13 5/8 in.) Footnotes: A GREY SCHIST PANEL OF THE EXCHANGE OF CLOTHES ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY 犍陀羅 二／三世紀 片岩太子易衣圖石碑 Published: Isao Kurita, Gandharan Art, Vol. I, Tokyo, 1998 & 2003, p. 89, no. 164. Provenance: With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970s The panel's intriguing subject recalls Siddhartha's encounter with a group of hunters in a forest following his departure from the capital of Kapilavastu. Here, the prince swaps his royal outfit for a simpler attire provided by the hunter closest to him. He is joined on the far right by the Buddhist protector Vajrapani wielding a thunderbolt (vajra). Stylistically, the panel is closely related to several gathered by British soldiers and displayed at the Guide Mess at Mardan before being presented to the British Museum (see Ingholt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, 1957, nos. 16, 26 & 50; see no. 46 for another example of the present panel's subject). This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: W W Lot is located in the Bonhams Warehouse and will only be available for collection from this location. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com