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LOT 2297
Gandharan Stucco Head
3RD-5TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 in. (197 grams total, 10.7 cm including stand).
Modelled in the round as a head of a Bodhisattva with hair in cascading curls, long earlobes, rounded fleshy face with scaphoid 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 83, for type.
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LOT 2297
Gandharan Stucco Head
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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