Figural Frieze, ca. 2nd - 4th Century AD ·  Afghanistan / Pakistan border area, Gandhara region · ID: 3046872

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.

The object Figural Frieze, ca. 2nd - 4th Century AD with the object ID 3046872 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 100 achieved a sales price of EUR 900.

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Notices

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