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Pakistan: Sculptures

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Ingholt, Harald

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[Description on three cards] [1] Yasodhara asleep, Siddharta about to mount Kanthaka (brought into bedchamber by Chandaka) from stool at foot of bed, (Source: Harold Ingholt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, N,Y,, Pantheon Books, 1957, ill, 44), [2] At right, Siddharta in meditation pose on inverted lotus throne, entertained by dancers and musicians, At left, Prince rides off, the hooves of Kanthaka supported by two yaksas to muffle sound from guards, Vajrapani behind Siddharta to right, In front is Mara and at exreme left, Indra and Brahma, Between two panels is Indo-Corinthian column decorated with female divinity in Praxitelean pose on lotus pedestal, left arm on altar, Rectangular crown, therefore probably city goddess of Kapilavastu, (Source: Harold Ingholt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, N,Y,, Pantheon Books, 1957, ill, 45), [3] Probably receives from hunter reddish-yellow dress associated with beggars, At right, Vajrapani by stylized tree, At left, amazed Chandaka, -- [1] Sculpture from Sahri Bahlol, Renunciation, [2] Sculpture: Life in Palace (right), Great Departure (left), [3] Sculpture: Siddharta exchanges clothes with hunter,

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Basham Collection

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1957

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