GANDHARA SCHIST STONE PANEL WITH BUDDHA AND HIS

100-300 AD. Gandharan. An amazing large Gandhara panel made of grey schist stone; with the representation of Buddha and his followers. The Buddha at center seated below an arch in a teaching pose upon a pedestal with his right arm raised. His face is turned towards two bowing figures. He is flanked by adoring attendant figures dressed in robes with finely incised folds, all within a pointed arch with two rows of figures walking towards a central seated figure. Provenance: From the private collection of an Oxford gentleman; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK / International art markets. Size: L:380mm / W:465mm ; 11kg