frieze

grey schist
Gandhara region, ca. 2nd cent.
size: 21 x 11 cm.

Very finely carved in two rows: the upper one depicts small putti within arcades; the lower row depicts small putti, carrying a garland. This is a common theme in classical art, and so also in Gandharan art:
see f.i.: W. Zwalf, A Catalogue of the Gandhara Sculptures in the British Museum, Vol. II: Plates, p. 232-237 (nrs. 414-426).

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