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Masterworks of Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian works of art offered as part of Asian Art Week

A rare and monumental gray schist figure of a Bodhisattva (estimate: $600,000 - 800,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2016. NEW YORK, NY .- As part of Asian Art Week, Christie’s New York salerooms will host a wealth of masterworks from the Indian subcontinent...

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Tags: Bodhisattva, Ganesha, Gandhara, 2nd-3rd Century A.D., 11th-12th century, Pala period, Standing Buddha, Gray Schist Figure, black stone figure, Northeastern India, Durga Seated on a Lion

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15 janvier 2014

John Siudmak Asian Art: Indian and Himalayan art @ Art in Brussels. 4 to 8 June 2014

Mottled red sandstone fragmentary standing Jina Mathura, late Kushan, 2nd-3rd century, 32cm high. Photo courtesy John Siudmak Asian Art. Bronze seated Padmapani, Silver inlaid eyes; 7th century, Swat; 8.8cm high. Photo courtesy John Siudmak Asian Art...

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Tags: 2nd-3rd Century A.D., Padmapani, 7th century, Swat Valley, Jina Mathura, late Kushan

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20 décembre 2013

Standing Schist Bodhisattva. Northwest Pakistan, Gandhara, 2nd-3rd century A.D.

Standing Schist Bodhisattva. Northwest Pakistan, Gandhara, 2nd-3rd century A.D. Photo courtesy Jonathan Tucker-Antonia Tozer Grey schist. Height: 28 inches (71 cm). Jonathan Tucker-Antonia Tozer. "An Important Group of Sculptures from Ind ia and Southeast...

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Tags: Bodhisattva, Gandhara, Schiste, 2nd-3rd Century A.D., Northwest Pakistan

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28 avril 2012

A Roman gold and carnelian bracelet. Syrian, circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.

A Roman gold and carnelian bracelet. Syrian, circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D. Photo Bonhams Composed of a solid spiral hoop with ribbed sheet gold terminals, hinged to an eight-pointed solid bezel set with a high cabochon carnelian, 2½in (6.4cm) diam Sold for...

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Tags: gold, 2nd-3rd Century A.D., Roman, Syrian, carnelian

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17 mars 2012

A gilt-bronze circular mirror with deities and beasts. Eastern Han dynasty- Three Kingdoms period, 2nd-3rd century

A gilt-bronze circular mirror with deities and beasts. Eastern Han dynasty- Three Kingdoms period, 2nd-3rd century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The knob incised with a tiger, the main field finely cast in high relief with two seated deities flanked...

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Tags: Gilt-bronze, bronze mirror, 2nd-3rd Century A.D., Eastern Han dynasty, Three Kingdoms period, circular mirror

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30 décembre 2011

Jacques Barrère @ BRAFA'12

Bodhisattva Maitreya. Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara. Afghanistan-Pakistan, 2nd-3rd century. Grey schist. H. 120 cm. Photo Jacques Barrère According to Buddhist tradition Bodhisattva Maitreya's role is to appear on Earth, achieve complete enlightenment,...

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Tags: Ganesha, Afghanistan, Gandhara, 2nd-3rd Century A.D., Skanda, Jacques Barrère, BRAFA’12, 10th–11th century, Bodhisattva Maitreya

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4 juin 2009

A massive roman red marble (cottanello antico) labrum, circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.

A massive roman red marble (cottanello antico) labrum, circa 2nd-3rd century A.D. The exterior of the shallow basin with fifty-eight deeply carved petals radiating from the central base, surmounted by a rectangular profiled molding, the cyma recta flaring...

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Tags: roman marble, 2nd-3rd Century A.D., cottanello antico, labrum, red marble

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