A GREY SCHIST ANTEFIX OF A SCENE OF BUDDHA AND BODHISATTVAS Ancient Region of Gandhara, Kushan Period, 2nd/3rd Century

a three-tiered antefix depicting three scenes, the top showing the Buddha seated in a frontal pose in dhyanasana on a stone plinth surrounded by kneeling figures in three-quarter pose with hands in anjali, the middle tier identical to that of the first with the Buddha's right hand extended in the abhaya gesture, the bottom tier depicting the Bodhisattva in tribhanga with draping robes, the scenes separated by bands of a pointed leaf pattern, all enclosed within an arched border with undulating stalks and open lotus roundel designs, with two seated bodhisattvas on either side and two worshiping figures positioned below
Height 18 4/5 in. (47.5 cm.)