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Description: | Marischal Museum's collection contains four fragments of Gandaran sculpture. Three of the pieces were collected by General Sir Alexander J Forsyth Reid. These fragments date from 200 - 400 AD - the Kushana period. All three depict Buddha, in mediation, seated and standing. The fourth sculpture, collected by Dr Robert Wilson, is a erotic carving in high relief from Cootub Minar. Wilson found this frieze or scene in the ruin of a temple and describes them as "the most indecent and un-natural scenes that can well be imagined" despite this opinion he kept the piece and added it to his collection, clearly stating in his diary that it "will form no part of my ornamental collection".
Super collection: Marischal Museum.
Objects: sculpture stupa fragment; sculpture. | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Address: | King's College,
AB24 3FX | Contributor: | Acquisition details: Reid, Alexander J Forsyth Gen Sir; Wilson, Robert. | Identifier: | ABDUA:CLD67 | Go to resource |
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