Two carved schist philae 片岩雕件两件 Possibly Gandhara, 2nd to 5th Century ???? ?????

The larger carved with a man riding a lion-headed sea monster, the smaller one carved with a winged horse-like mythical beast, attached to plush backing, framed.

D: 4 1/2 in. (larger)

NOTE: For other examples of this form, including dishes carved with men astride sea-monsters, dated to the first and second century, B.C., see Martin Lerner and Steven Kossak, "The Lotus Transcendent, Indian and Southeast Asian Art from the Samuel Eilenberg Collection", Worcester, Massachusetts, 1991, pp. 61-63, nos. 17-22; see also Sir John Marshall, "The Buddhist Art of Gandhara", Cambridge, 1960, pl 13, fig 15.

Property from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Giraud V. and Carolyn Foster, acquired prior to 1974.

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Two carved schist philae 片岩雕件两件 Possibly Gandhara, 2nd to 5th Century ???? ?????

The larger carved with a man riding a lion-headed sea monster, the smaller one carved with a winged horse-like mythical beast, attached to plush backing, framed.

D: 4 1/2 in. (larger)

Property from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Giraud V. and Carolyn Foster, acquired prior to 1974.

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Two carved schist philae 片岩雕件两件 Possibly Gandhara, 2nd to 5th Century ???? ?????

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