Ancient Gandhara Buddhist Carved Schist Statue of Atlas Kushan Empire 300 AD Paintings The painting titled "The Despatch

The painting titled "The Despatch Bearer"

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He settled there permanently in 1907

The desk is raised on featherbanded tulipwood cabriole legs

Ancient Gandhara Buddhist Carved Schist Statue of Atlas Kushan Empire 300 AD Paintings The painting titled "The DespatchA finely carved Ancient Gandharan statue of Atlas, Kushan Empire, 2nd 3rd century CE. The Gandharan "Atlas figure" is depicted as a powerful, muscular male figure that emerged from Greco Buddhist art (2nd 3rd century CE) that adopted the Greek Titan Atlas, sometimes the figure is portrayed with wings. This figure appears crouched with one knee raised high with his arm resting above, the other hand on his other knee resting down. The statue is bare