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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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Indus Valley Terracotta Figure Group
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Comprising three simians, one holding her young and the others with hands on hips, each with a stub tail; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. 350 grams total, 10.4-11 cm including stand
From 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. -
Indus Valley and Other Pottery Group
3rd millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £91
Including a biconvex jar with painted detailing, and other items. 2.1 kg total, 6.2-18.5 cm
Ex London, UK, gallery, in the 1990s. -
Gandharan Terracotta Head
2nd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Male head with finely modelled facial features, urna to the brow, horizontal band to secure the hair, long earlobe with stud; mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.23 kg total, 15 cm high including stand
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
The partial delamination of the head shows quite strikingly the method of construction: at the centre is a rough, irregular ball to which the outer layer of clay has been added carrying the finer modelling; the brow-band appears to have been modelled at this time from the same material as formed the hair.
