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LOT 2270
Gandharan Silver Chalice
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/8 in. (256 grams, 13.1 cm).
Bell-shaped in profile with scooped shoulder and everted rim, ribbed lower body, short stem with disc foot.
ProvenanceUK private collection, 1980-1983.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12459-226875.
Cf. I. Kurita, Gandharan Art II, 2003, p.186, fig.535.
FootnotesSimilar sold at Christie's London, 14th September 2010 for $56,000.
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LOT 2270
Gandharan Silver Chalice
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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Gandharan Stucco Head
3rd-5th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Modelled in the round as a head of a Bodhisattva with hair in cascading curls, long earlobes, rounded fleshy face with scaphoid eyes; mounted on a custom-made stand. 197 grams total, 10.7 cm including stand
Acquired on the London art market. Private collection, 1970s. -
Gandharan Stucco Head
3rd-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
Modelled with fine facial features, arched brows, long earlobes; mounted on a custom-made stand. 266 grams total, 86 mm including stand
Acquired in the London art market. Private collection, 1970s. -
Gandharan Schist Frieze Fragment
2nd-4th century A.D. or laterEstimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Carved corbel or column fragment with scrolled foliage to three faces and socket to upper face to accept a statue; three youthful figures - two females flanking a larger male - each wearing the hair dressed in a topknot, with radiating sunburst behind them and below a team of two horses galloping left with empty saddles and their reins flung back towards the central character, probably a charioteer. 13.3 kg, 37 cm wide
London, UK, collection, 1990s.
