Gandharan Stucco Head

3RD-5TH CENTURY A.D.

4 1/4 in. (320 grams total, 10.4 cm high including stand).

With top-knot ushnisha, long lobed ears and large lentoid eyes; 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 91, for type.

CONDITION

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