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LOT 2084
Gandharan Terracotta Head
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
5 7/8 in. (1.23 kg total, 15 cm high including stand).
Male head with finely modelled facial features, urna to the brow, horizontal band to secure the hair, long earlobe with stud; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
FootnotesThe partial delamination of the head shows quite strikingly the method of construction: at the centre is a rough, irregular ball to which the outer layer of clay has been added carrying the finer modelling; the brow-band appears to have been modelled at this time from the same material as formed the hair.
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