A Gandhara grey schist architectural fragment. 2nd/3rd century

A Gandhara grey schist architectural fragment. 2nd/3rd century

A Gandhara grey schist architectural fragment displaying a bearded Vajrapani with a thunderbolt standing in a niche with hanging grapes, the panel framed by columns. A karoshthi letter to the plinth. 2nd/3rd century.
Height with tang 32 cm

Provenance

Dr Arno (1897-1956) and Karl Marquard, Bochum

Literature

Illustrated in: Winkelmann and Marquard 2013, no. Ck 2.1.291, p. 366, fig. p. 488