Gandharan Terracotta Head

2ND-4TH 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.

Provenance

Acquired on the London art market.
Private collection, 1970s.

Literature

Cf. Jongeward, D., Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2018, item 83, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0449