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THBGandhara Schist Lidded Reliquary w/ Floral Motif
Lot 116
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
Mar 9, 2023
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**First Time At Auction**
Central Asia, Pakistan / Afghanistan, Gandhara, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A hand carved schist reliquary or casket jar, made from 2 pieces and etched with geometric and floral / lotus petal motifs. The lid fits snugly into the raised lip of the body, forming an egg shaped vessel. Such reliquaries have been discovered with the contents intact and were used by Buddhists as devotional items for storing relics or cremated remains of Buddha or other sacred figures, for votive offerings for shrines and temples. They often took the form of hemispherical burial mounds known as stupas and these carved vessels were placed inside the stupa they emulated. the Buddha emitted a sandalwood scent when he reached enlightenment, monks would coat the exterior of the stupa structure with fragrant sandalwood, since as a reminder of his or other holy presences emanating from the reliquary within. Ancient perfume bottles from this period are also shaped like these reliquaries. Size: 3.5" Diameter x 4.3" H (8.9 cm x 10.9 cm)
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Provenance: East Coast collection, New York Gallery, New York City, New York, USA, acquired before 2010
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#177293Stable fissures around foot and chips to knobbed lid finial. Minor surface abrasions and chips throughout. Light mineral encrustations and nice root marks inside the lid.Condition
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