Buddha and devotees

A relief with three separated scenes – the lateral ones are not preserved – belonging to a storey of a little stūpa. The scenes are separated by a framed half-column of the Gandharan-Corinthian type. The frame is decorated with saw-teeth. The moulded base is decorated with a straight festoon with opposite lanceolate leaves facing right between a plain fillet. The cornice is carved with a wavy pattern. The remains of two sockets are seen on the top face. The back face shows tool marks. The surviving scene displays the Buddha standing frontally, his right hand is in abhayamudrā, the left is holding an edge of the saṃghāti. He has a plain nimbus. On both his sides are two male devotees, the second on the left is an ascetic. They are all shown in a three-quarter view and turning towards the Buddha. They have joined hands, except for the ascetic who is holding a kamaṇḍalu in the left hand and raising the right. All the figures wear a paridhāna and an uttarīya. The first devotee on the right has hair gathered up in a knot, while the next one and the first on the left wear a turban. This latter figure has also long hair falling on the shoulder. The lateral scenes only preserved a standing male devotee with joined hands. He wears a paridhāna and an uttarīya.