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Lot 501

A GREY SCHIST PANEL WITH WORSHIPPERS

Estimated Value:

1.500 € - 2.500 €

Result:

incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Pakistan, Ancient Gandhara Region, ca. 2nd ct. AD
31,5 x 21 cm
The panel is sculpted in high relief with six worshippers divided over two rows, the upper row with three male figures, two with the hands clasped in adoration and one holding a damaged attribute, the lower row with two female worshippers and one male adorant probably offering with his raised right hand a fruit, all clad in various garments, their faces displaying serene expressions and their heads topped with different shaped turbans and tiaras.
Collection of Prof. Dr Hermann Schröder (1902-1991), Aachen, and expanded by his family - Partly chipped or with minor damages