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A SCHIST COSMETICS PALETTE DEPICTING A GODDESS WITH HER ENTOURAGE, ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA
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2024年10月18日 开拍
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A SCHIST COSMETICS PALETTE DEPICTING A GODDESS WITH HER ENTOURAGE, ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA

Indo-Parthian Kingdom, 19-226 AD. Carved from a thick section of schist, the rounded sides tapering to the flat base. The top carved in relief with a goddess dressed only in a shawl draped over her thighs and bands tied around her torso, surrounded by similarly semi-nude attendants, all above a small crescent basin with a floral design, used for mixing cosmetics.

Provenance: A European private collection, 1970s. A private collection in Belgium, acquired from the above and thence by descent. The collection of a gentleman in London, United Kingdom, acquired from the above in the early 2000s.
Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Ancient wear, signs of weathering and erosion, soil encrustations indicating a prolonged period of burial, nicks to edges, chips, and small losses.

Weight: 594.5 g
Dimensions: Diameter 14.5 cm

Cosmetics stone palettes (also called toilet trays) are round trays commonly found in the areas of Bactria and Gandhara, which often depict mythological scenes. They first appeared during the Indo-Greek period and became a widespread commodity of the Indo-Parthian period. However, they quickly disappeared from the material culture of the region at the beginning of the Kushan period.

Many have been found at the archaeological site of Sirkap, in today's Pakistan. Scholars have suggested that these trays were used to mix cosmetic products due to chemical analyses of substances found within the tray. The chemical components suggest they were commonly used to mix colored cosmetic powders akin to blush.

These stone palettes offer a fascinating example of Hellenistic art in the northwestern Indian subcontinent, often standing apart from the Buddhist themes typically associated with Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related schist cosmetics tray depicting the drunken Hercules with embracing two women, 15.6 cm in diameter, dated to the 1st century, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1987.142.40.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s London, 7 October 2011, lot 309
Price: GBP 4,375 or approx. EUR 8,600 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Green Schist Tray, Gandhara 2nd-3rd Century AD
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and manner of carving albeit with a different motif. Note the size (17.8 cm).

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