100-300 AD. Gandharan. A superb stone reliquary stupa comprising superimposed disk-shaped segments of progressively smaller size atop a domed tower; this sits on a cylindrical drum which is itself supported by a square pedestal base bearing a relief scene of buddha with attendants on each side. 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:460mm / W:180mm ; 14.7g; Provenance; Property of a Central London gallery, obtained from a private London collection (M.A); formerly acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 80s.