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LOT 2087
Gandharan Stone and Stucco Head
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 7/8 in. (264 grams total, 12.4 cm including stand).
With top-knot ushnisha and large lentoid eyes; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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