GANDHARA SCHIST STONE ATLAS FIGURE - RARE

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ART OF ASIA- FROM ANTIQUITY TO PRESENT DAY

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Jul 26, 2020

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  100 – 300 AD. Gandharan. A rare grey schist figure of Atlas in a crouching position, with his hands braced against his knees, resting on a rectangular base. Atlas is depicted bare-chested, with a cloth garment draped around his waist. His hair, short beard and features have all been carefully modelled, underlining the high quality of this piece. Atlas is an important figure in Greek art and architecture, usually employed to support the pediment of a frieze, whether actual size or in miniature. Gandhara was an ancient region in the Peshawar basin in the north-west of the ancient Indian subcontinent. The Kushan period (c. 75-451 AD) of Gandharan art, to which this schist figure belongs, was the golden age of artistic production in the area. For further information on Gandharan art, see Jongeward, D. 2019, Buddhist Art Of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, Oxford University Press. Good condition; on a custom-made stand. Provenance: Property of a North London gentleman; previously acquire on the UK/European art market in the 1980s; Size: H:324mm / W:188mm (w/o stand); 4.7kg
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