asia week auction, wtf2: pakistan(?), afghanistan(?). why are gandharan stupas rare? where and how was it acquired? /

Christophe Hioco also has a ‘[r]are Gandhara[n] Stupa’, without even a notional national provenience; its Gandharan style would propose northern Pakistan or eastern Afghanistan. It’s from a ‘[p]rivate French collection’; it was originally ‘acquired in the late 1970’s [sic]’. Why are stupas rare? Why are Gandharan stupas rare? Where and how did the private collector […]

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