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LOT 2398
Gandharan Terracotta Head
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (268 grams total, 92 mm including stand).
Modelled in the round with serene expression, heavily-lidded eyes, long lobed ears; wavy hair piled above in an ushnisha top-knot; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceAcquired in the London art market.
Private collection, 1970s.
Cf. Jongeward, D., Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2018, item 70, for type.
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LOT 2398
Gandharan Terracotta Head
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Gandharan Terracotta Head
2nd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Modelled in the round with heavily-lidded eyes, wavy hair and ushnisha; Mounted on a custom-made stand. 315 grams total, 97 mm including stand
Acquired in the London art market. Private collection, 1970s. -
Gandharan Terracotta Head
2nd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Modelled in the round with serene expression, heavily-lidded eyes, long lobed ears; wavy hair piled above in an ushnisha top-knot; mounted on a custom-made stand. 268 grams total, 92 mm including stand
Acquired in the London art market. Private collection, 1970s. -
Mughal Hunting Scene Miniature
Circa 1680 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Rectangular card panel with painted scene of a landscape with two huntsmen; in the foreground a mounted archer holds his bow ready to nock an arrow while a fox and deer flee from him, and another deer lies dead with an arrow in the throat; the huntsman with brightly coloured tunic and trousers, dark riding coat, quiver at his hip; in the background, a fowler prepares to send out his bird of prey perched on his wrist, while his horse advances into undergrowth where a deer is hiding; mounted in a dark green card reveal. 354 grams, 46 x 36 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Scottish private collection.
