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LOT 2306
Gandharan Stucco Head
3D-5TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/4 in. (629 grams total, 14.5 cm including stand).
Modelled in the round as the head of a Bodhisattva; finely formed facial features with aquiline nose, textured ushnisha; 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 100, for type.
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LOT 2306
Gandharan Stucco Head
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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