08/04/2026
On view at the gallery
✨Stele fragment depicting a flute player, from the Paul Guillaume Collection, with a wooden base by Kichizō Inagaki.
Mathura region, India
Kushan period, 2nd century
Dimensions (H × W × D): 34 × 17.5 × 13.9 cm
(13.4 × 6.9 × 5.5 in.)
The base was crafted by the Japanese artist Kichizō Inagaki (1876–1951).
Provenance
– Former collection of Paul Guillaume, Paris (1891–1934); see a photograph of the interior of Guillaume’s apartment, 1927
– Private French collection, Paris
Publication
– E. Tériade, “Nos enquêtes: Entretien avec Paul Guillaume,” Cahiers d’art, 2nd year, no. 1 (1927), supplement Feuilles volantes, pp. 1–3