Figural Frieze, ca. 2nd - 4th Century AD · Afghanistan / Pakistan border area, Gandhara region · ID: 3046872
sold
EUR 900
Provenance
American Private Collection, New York (acquired in the 2000s)Size
L: 23 cm, H: 12,5 cm
L: 9.1 inch, H: 4.9 inch
Description
schist stone, custom mount
The Gandhara region had long been a crossroads of cultural influences. Geographically it included northwestern India between the Khyber Pass and the Indus River and the region of the Kabul Valley in Afghanistan. During the reign of Kanishka (AD 129-160) the Kushans maintained contacts with Rome and employed foreign artists from the eastern centres of the Roman Empire to realise many sculptural works.
Notices
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