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The prince Siddhartha secretly leaves the palace of his father. Not to wake the sleeping inhabitants of the palace, yakshas lift his horse on its hooves and carry it above the ground.
Gandhara region, Pakistan, 3rd / 4th century CE.
Exhibited at Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland.
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