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A STUPA-FORM RELIQUARY BOX AND COVER, SCHIST, ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA
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06月27日 下午5点 开拍
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A STUPA-FORM RELIQUARY BOX AND COVER, SCHIST, ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA

Kushan period, 1st-4th century. The cylindrical body supported on a broad rounded foot and surmounted by a domed flush-fitting cover with a disk-shaped finial, all neatly incised with horizontal line bands.

Provenance: From a private collection in Bremen, Germany.
Condition: Excellent condition, commensurate with age. Ancient wear, traces of use, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, small losses, nibbling to edges.

Weight: 80.1 g
Dimensions: Height 5.4 cm, Diameter 4.9 cm

Small in size, reliquaries such as the present lot are made of slate stone or metamorphic rock (schist). Considered sacred and venerable, relics were placed inside stupas to commemorate the demise of important Buddhist teachers. Buddha's relics have also been placed inside several such caskets. After cremation, bones, teeth and hair are saved and honored by erecting a stupa over it. In western Indian Buddhist cave temples and in the Gandhara region, many stupas in different shapes containing the holy relics of Buddhist teachers have been constructed or carved. Stupas represent the 'nirvana' of Buddha. Pious devotees would circumambulate them, remembering the passing of Buddha.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related sarira casket, Kushan dynasty, 2nd-3rd dynasty, 19.3 cm high, in the Nara National Museum, accession number 907-0. Compare a closely related stone Gandhara casket, 3rd-4th century, 5.7 cm high, in the Asian Civilisations Museum, accession number 1994-04959. Compare a closely related stone reliquary box with a lid, Pakistan, 1st century, 11.1 cm high, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 1987.142.143a, b.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Bonhams New York, 21 March 2023, lot 527
Price: USD 5,355 or approx. EUR 5,100 (for two) converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: Two schist Buddhist reliquaries, Ancient region of Gandhara, circa 1st century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and stone. Note the size (8.9 cm), carved decoration, and deposits.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 12 September 2012, lot 525
Price: USD 4,375 or approx. EUR 5,500 (converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing)
Description: A green schist stupa reliquary, Gandhara, 2nd-3rd century
Expert remark: Compare the related closely related form, stone, and manner of carving. Note the size (11.3 cm).

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拍品估价:350 - 700 欧元 起拍价格:350 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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