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LOT 2268
Gandharan Stucco Head
3RD-5TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/2 in. (628 grams total, 16.5 cm including stand).
Head of a worshipper modelled in the round with wavy hair and loose turban, exaggerated lentoid eyes; mounted on a custom-made 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 61, for type.
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LOT 2268
Gandharan Stucco Head
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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