ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD-4TH CENTURY

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A GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF AN ELEPHANT

ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD-4TH CENTURY

5¹⁄₂ in. (14 cm.) high

Private Collection, Japan, acquired in the 1980s.
Christie's New York, 30 March 2006, lot 41.

O. Bopearachchi. Beyond Boundaries: Buddhist Art of Gandhara, Berkeley, 2021, p. 15.

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, long term loan, 2007-2024, EL.1.2007.15.
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Beyond Boundaries: Buddhist Art of Gandhara, 30 April 2021 – 13 March 2022.

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Lot Essay

The present elephant is richly caparisoned with a howdah positioned behind his head, grasping lotus flowers with his trunk. A very similar example sold at Christie's New York 30 March 2008, lot 33 for $36,000.