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LOT 2275
Gandharan Stucco Head
3RD-5TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/8 in. (266 grams total, 86 mm including stand).
Modelled with fine facial features, arched brows, long earlobes; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenance
Acquired in the London art market.
Private collection, 1970s.
Literature
Cf. Jongeward, D., Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2018, item 90, for type.
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