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Lot 449 - A209AS Asian Art: Japan, India, South-East Asia - Tuesday, 18. June 2024, 02.00 PM

A GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF SIDDHARTA.

Gandhara, 2nd/3rd c. Height 51cm.
At his first meditation under the jambu tree on the suffering in this world and the inevitability of death.


Compare a similar piece at the Norton Simon Museum, accession number F.1975.17.29.S, published in P. Pal, Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum, New Haven 2003, no.25.

Provenance: Swiss private collection, purchased from Ramesh Kapoor around 2005. Then with Leiko Coyle, New York. Another Swiss private collection.


CHF 15 000 / 25 000 | (€ 15 460 / 25 770)

Sold for CHF 25 000 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.