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A FINE INDO-GREEK SILVER AMULET
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12月16日 晚上6点 开拍 /6天19小时
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A FINE INDO-GREEK SILVER AMULET

Kushan Empire regions in present-day Pakistan, possibly 1st to 3rd century or later. Well cast, of circular form with a slightly concave section, the obverse depicting a nude dancing female figure accompanied by a bearded satyr peering from behind, both flanked by a pair of confronting mythical beasts and surmounted by a crouching male figure playing a flute. The scene encircled by a series of raised dots and likely Kharoshthi characters.

The reverse shows a large lotus blossom enclosed within a rope-like border. The top fitted with a pair of opposing makaras and a small bead, all pierced for suspension.

Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum, acquired in Islamabad, Pakistan. Dr. István Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age, with ancient wear and typical casting irregularities. Expected tarnishing to silver with traces of corrosion. Light warping. Few small nicks, shallow surface scratches, and occasional minute dents.

Weight: 89.4 g
Dimensions: Diameter 6.9 cm

The region corresponding to modern-day Pakistan functioned as a vital locus of intercultural exchange between the first and third centuries AD, where the visual languages of Hellenistic and Roman art intersected with indigenous Hindu traditions in a complex and syncretic manner, reflecting a sophisticated negotiation of formal and symbolic vocabularies.

The present amulet constitutes an unusual example of such syncretism, in which diverse artistic and cultural idioms are seamlessly integrated. The nude central dancer assumes a sensuously contorted posture, evoking both the ecstatic maenads of Greek mythology and the dakinis of Indian tantric iconography, together with the aged satyr standing beside her, further reinforcing the Greco-Roman influence in the piece. The inclusion of makaras and the lotus flower, both emblematic symbols of Hindu cosmology, introduces though a distinctly Indic dimension to the work, while the inscriptions framing the pendant, likely executed in Kharosthi script, a regional epigraphic system, provide an additional layer of cultural specificity, anchoring the otherwise cosmopolitan imagery firmly within its local context.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related black jasper amulet depicting the Three Graces, Roman culture, Imperial period, c. 2nd-3rd century, 3.1 cm diameter, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 81.6.308.

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