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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.
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 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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