Argus in China

Net als al een paar oudere berichten komen al de voorwerpen
in dit bericht van de tentoonstelling Gandhara heritage along
the Silk Road – A Pakistan-China joint exhibition.
Deze tentoonstelling zag ik in Lanzhou, in het
Provincial Museum of Gansu.

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China, Lanzhou, Provincial Museum of Gansu, Plinth with Bodhi tree (Pippala tree) decoration, 2nd century, Peshawar Museum, grey schist.

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(Detail of) Standing Buddha, 1st -2nd century, Peshawar Museum, schist.

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Interpretation of Maya’s dream, 2nd – 3rd century, Mardan, Guides Mess, Peshawar Museum, schist. Voor alle duidelijkheid: in het onderschrift bij de foto’s ziet u vaak de ‘naam’ van de voorstelling, de tijd waarin het voorwerp is gemaakt, de vindplaats gevolgd door het museum waar het stuk normaal verblijft en het materiaal waarvan het voorwerp gemaakt is.

Wikipedia:

Queen Maya’s Dream is an episode in the story of the life of The Buddha, representing his conception by his mother Queen Maya. It is a common scene in the life of Buddha in art, showing Maya asleep on her side having a dream. Of depictions including Maya, only the birth scene is more common. The incident is seen in several Buddhist sites like Barhut, Sarnath, Amaravati Stupa, Nagarjunakonda, Ajanta, other Gandharan sites, and sites in Central, South-East and East Asia. It is the first scene in the sequence of images telling the story of the birth of the Buddha.

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Birth scene of Siddhartha, 3rd – 4th century, Saidu stupa (Saidu Sharif I), Swat District, National Museum of Pakistan, Karachi, grey schist.

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Bridal procession, 3rd century, Peshawar District, National Museum of Pakistan, Karachi, grey schist.

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Het is heel jammer dat er geen cattalogus verkrijgbaar was
van de tentoonstelling. Er moet heel wat te vertellen zijn
over deze prachtige voorwerpen.

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Stone stupa, period from the Western Wei (535 – 557) to Northern Wei (386 – 535), fine sandstone, height 107cm.

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