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Digital Rare Book :
The Way to Nirvāṇa - Six lectures on ancient Buddhism as a discipline of Salvation.
By Louis de La Vallee Poussin
Published by The Cambridge Uneiversity Press - 1917
Image details :
Photograph of a Buddhist sculpture from Loriyan Tangai, taken by Alexander Caddy in 1896. This style of sculpture, influenced by Graeco-Roman elements, is known as Gandharan and takes its name from the ancient kingdom of Gandhara (Peshawar) which, together with Udyana (Swat), corresponded fairly closely to the northern part of the North West Frontier Province. The 'Death of Buddha' (Mahaparinirvana) was one of the earliest and most popular subjects for Gandharan sculptors and this slab shows the flowing robes and curly hair which were specific features of this type of sculpture. The frieze of small figures riding sea-monsters also shows evidence of the aforementioned Graeco-Roman influence. Oriental and India Office Collection, British Library.
Read Book Online : http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924007986932#page/n7/mode/2up
Pray where isn this bas-relief from? It is enchantingly beautiful.Poetry in motion really.
Image details : Photograph of a Buddhist sculpture from Loriyan Tangai, taken by Alexander Caddy in 1896. This style of sculpture, influenced by Graeco-Roman elements, is known as Gandharan and takes its name from the ancient kingdom of Gandhara (Peshawar) which, together with Udyana (Swat), corresponded fairly closely to the northern part of the North West Frontier Province. The 'Death of Buddha' (Mahaparinirvana) was one of the earliest and most popular subjects for Gandharan sculptors and this slab shows the flowing robes and curly hair which were specific features of this type of sculpture. The frieze of small figures riding sea-monsters also shows evidence of the aforementioned Graeco-Roman influence. Oriental and India Office Collection, British Library.
Many thanks Is Loriyan Tangai in Afghanistan or Swat i wonder ? Buddha's features , flowing robes are decidedly hellinistic and so is his coiffure.It seems to be part of some even more elaborate frieze.