100-300 AD. Gandharan. A dark grey schist stupa reliquary in three parts comprising superimposed hemispherical segments of progressively smaller size atop a cylindrical pedestal base. Gandhara was an ancient region in the Peshawar basin in the north-west of the ancient Indian subcontinent. The Kushan period (c. 75-451 AD) of Gandharan art, to which this stupa example belongs, was the golden age of artistic production in the area. For further discussion on Gandharan art, see Jongeward, D. 2019, Buddhist Art Of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, Oxford University Press. Good condition.Size: L:330mm / W:110mm ; 3.6kg; Provenance: Property of a London gallery, previously in old British collection formed in the 1980s.