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A FINE SCHIST FIGURE OF HARITI, ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA
奥地利
2025年10月16日 开拍
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A FINE SCHIST FIGURE OF HARITI, ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARAPublished & Exhibited: Kitty Higgins Far Eastern Art, Indian Stone Sculpture, Washington, D.C., 1989.Kushan Empire, 2nd-3rd century. Finely cast seated in bhadrasana with each foot on a small pedestal, one hand holding a child on her lap motioning towards her breast, the other hand supporting its limbs. The deity richly adorned in beaded jewelry, wearing a sleeved tunic with naturalistic drapery and ruched sleeves, the face with a softly smiling expression and heavy-lidded almond-shaped eyes, her hair tied to the back and secured by a wreath-like headdress. The child on her lap motioning towards her breast, while two others clamber at her feet.Provenance: Kitty Higgins Far Eastern Art, Washington, D.C., 1989. The collection of Dr. John Ross Sr., thence by descent to his son and thence by further direct descent. Kitty Higgins is a Far Eastern Art expert and owner of a notable gallery in Washington, D.C. She has curated and lectured many exhibitions, and is an avid collector of Asian antiquities. Dr. John Ross Sr. was an American physician and art collector. He passed down his collection and passion for collecting to his son Dr. John Ross Jr. (1928-2019), a pioneering cardiologist whose research is widely used in diagnosing heart disorders. Dr. Ross was a renowned collector and passionate advocate of Asian and ethnographic art, dedicating over five decades to the field. A committed supporter of non-Western art, he played a central role in the Ethnic Arts Council (EAC) of Los Angeles, serving as Chair from 1988 to 1990 and remaining active on the board until 2007. His influence extended to academic institutions such as UCLA and USC, where he backed various ethnographic art programs. Internationally, he contributed through organizations like the Ethnic Arts Foundation and the Mithila Arts Institute in India, promoting cultural preservation and artistic exchange. Part of the collection was donated to the World Cultures Art Collection of Mesa College, San Diego.Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Expected wear, obvious losses, scattered nicks and scratches, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations. Old repairs to the right breast and the neck.Weight: 22.2 kgDimensions: Height 51.5 cmHariti was the principal female Buddhist deity of ancient Gandhara with widespread popularity throughout Central Asia and China for at least the first three quarters of the first millennium CE. When the Chinese pilgrim, Yi Jing, visited Gandhara in 671, he saw sculptures of Hariti commonly installed near the dining halls of Buddhist monasteries. (Takakusu?(trans), Record of the Buddhist Religion as?Practised?in India and the Malay Archipelago, Oxford, 1896). Yet only about a half dozen large sculptures of Hariti survive. The story of Hariti's conversion to Buddhism survives in many ancient Indian and Chinese sources. Despite being a mother to 10,000 children, the ogress Hariti routinely terrorized the Northern Indian city of Rajagrha, devouring its children. After failing to appease, Rajagrha's inhabitants beseeched the Buddha to pacify her. Underneath his alms bowl, Buddha hides Hariti's most beloved child from her. This sends Hariti into a frenzy, searching for her missing son. When Buddha finally returns her child, he prompts Hariti to consider the pain she has caused other mothers. Struck by empathy, Hariti converts to Buddhism and, in exchange for food offerings, promises to protect its monastic communities and Rajagrha's children.As a deity who affects childbirth and childrearing, Hariti's popularity spread far beyond her origins in Rajagrha. One scholar suggested this coincided with a pandemic of smallpox or similar disease sweeping from the Roman Empire across the Silk Road in 2nd century CE. Bellemare provides a survey of scholarship discussing reasons for why a local spirit-deity came to be the most important female Buddhist goddess in Gandhara and beyond (Bellemare, "Hariti Domesticated", in Orientations, vol.45, no.7, October 2014, pp.82-89).Whereas she all but vanished from Gandhara by the 5th-century, Hariti's worship remained popular in China until the Song dynasty (Ming-liang, "A Study of the Origin and Development of the Representation of Hariti in the Chinese Tradition", in Taida Journal of Art History, vol.27, 2009, pp.107-40). While replaced by Tara among the 7th- to 9th-century bronzes of Swat Valley, Hariti remained a common subject of Chinese painted handscrolls up until the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), with iterations painted by famous artists Zhang?Shengwen (1163-89)?and?Qiu?Ying (1494-1552).Literature comparison:Compare a closely related Gandharan schist figure of Hariti in the Ryukoku Museum in Kyoto. Compare a related figure of Hariti, 2nd-3rd century, 77 cm high, in the British Museum, registration number 1886,0611.1.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie's Paris, 9 June 2015, lot 385Price: EUR 37,500 or approx. EUR 45,500 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A fine grey schist stele depicting Hariti, Gandhara region, 2nd-3rd centuryExpert remark: Compare the closely related subject and modeling with similar pose, expression, and attire. Note the size (70 cm).Auction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Zacke, Vienna, 6 March 2021, lot 686Price: EUR 176,960 or approx. EUR 222,000 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A highly important and large schist statue of Hariti, Gandhara, 2nd-3rd centuryExpert remark: Compare the closely related subject and modeling with similar pose, expression, and attire. Note the different size (95.5 cm).

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