Pancika and Hariti - the God of Prosperity and Wife

Relief fragment with two seated figures

India / South Asia Collection

Accession Nr.: 50.43.1
Type: sculpture; relief
Date of production:
2nd-4th c.
Gandhara art
Place of production:
Acquisition: donation of Imre Schwaiger
Materials: grey schist
Techniques: carved
Dimensions: height: 19.5 cm
width: 19 cm
Relief fragment. The God of Abundance, Pāñcika or Kubera, and his wife, Hārītī, sit in the relief. Their hairstyle and clothing is Hellenistic, their sitting posture is Western-style. Hārītī holds a lotus in her right hand, her left hand is missing (supposedly holding a cornucopia). Kubera's right hand is missing. Made of Himalayan grey slate.