102. RELIEF FRAGMENT OF A BUDDHA IN GREY SCHIST Ancient Gandhara region, 3rd/4th century A GREY SCHIST RELIEF OF THE BUDDHA Ancient region of Gandhara, 3rd/4th century Seated on a platform raised on a thick petal lotus rising from the swirling ocean, the future Buddha with his hands joined in act of teaching, vitarka mudra. His sanghati robes hang in heavy pleats covering his whole body and his hair arranged in rippling locks over the ushnisha. Standing to his left is an unidentified bodhisattva and two diminutive attendant figures at the base and by the Buddha's nimbus. 57.1 x 34.3 cm (22 1/2 x 13 1/2 in) 犍陀羅 三/四世紀 片岩佛陀像 PROPERTY OF A GREEK COLLECTOR 希臘藏家收藏 Provenance: A Private New York Collection. Bonhams New York, 19 March 2012, lot 1006. A Greek collector. 來源 紐約私人收藏 紐約邦翰斯，2012年3月19日，編號1006 希臘藏家收藏 Compare with two relief panels in the British Museum collection, illustrated in Zwalf, A Catalogue of the Gandhara Sculpture in the British Museum, London, 1996, pp. 70-1 nos. 111 & 112.