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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.
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market.
Private collection, 1970s.
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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Opening Bid: £80
Velvet panel with embroidered figure of a peacock in stem stitch, couching, satin stitch and other techniques; second fabric panel with fronds in stem and other stitches; the threads with metallic content, threaded beads. 740 grams total, 29.5 x 24.5 cm
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Indus Valley Terracotta Figure Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £85
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3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Drum-shaped jar with raised flange rim, band of rosettes to the shoulder, geometric and animal panels to the body. 419 grams, 11 cm
From the private collection of the late David Gold, 1990s.
