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LOT 2280
Gandharan Stucco Head Fragment
3RD-5TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/4 in. (365 grams total, 14.6 cm including stand).
Modelled in the round with transverse band to the brow, almond-shaped eyes with prominent eyelids, smiling lips; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market.
Private collection, 1970s.
Literature
Cf. Jongeward, D., Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2018, item 70, for type.
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LOT 2280
Gandharan Stucco Head Fragment
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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