RARE GANDHARAN SCHIST STONE RELIQUARY BOX

Ca. 100 AD. A schist reliquary box featuring a round body with a fitted lid, decorated with a knobbed handle. The box was originally used to store sacred relics, and was often placed in shrines or on altars in temples. For a simialar example, see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 1987.142.46a, b. Size: L:70mm / W:70mm ; 199.47g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.