PANNEAU AVEC RELIEF DE PORTEURS DE GUIRLANDES... Lot n° 21

PANNEAU AVEC RELIEF DE PORTEURS DE GUIRLANDES EN SCHISTE ANCIENNE RÉGION DU GANDHARA, CIRCA IIIE SIÈCLE 15.3 x 55 cm (6 x 21 5/8 in.) high Footnotes: A SCHIST RELIEF PANEL WITH GARLAND BEARERS ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY 犍陀羅 約三世紀 片岩托花環圖石碑 Published: Isao Kurita, Gandharan Art, Vol. II, Tokyo, 1990, p. 221, fig. 653. Flore de Marchant, Analyse des oeuvres narratives du Gandhâra de la collection De Marteau, Louvain-La-Neuve, 1999, fig. 59. Provenance: With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970s This whimsical decorative panel depicts Bacchanalian revellers supporting a hefty garland carved with multiple textures. The garland is laden with pomegranates and large vine leaves that spill on the ground between the figures. Bacchus himself is quite possibly represented just off-center holding a large wine cup and carrying a sack over his shoulder. Compare other examples in the British Museum (1880.883) and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Jongeward, Buddhist Art of Gandhara, Oxford, 2019, p. 81, no. 52). Also see panels sold at Christie's, New York, 25 March 2004, lot 6, and Sotheby's, New York, 17 March 2015, lot 1064. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com