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LOT 2393
Gandharan Terracotta Head
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/8 in. (266 grams total, 86 mm including stand).
Modelled with fine facial features, arched brows, long earlobes; 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 90, for type.
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LOT 2393
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
With wavy hair and large lentoid eyes, rounded facial features; mounted on a custom-made stand. 292 grams total, 13.1 cm including stand
Acquired in the London art market. Private collection, 1970s. -
Indus Valley Painted Pottery Bowl
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Drum-shaped with gently carinated base and narrow foot, the outer body displaying polychrome painted panels with 'stairway' design. 77 grams, 86 mm
Acquired in 2003. Private collection, Europe. -
Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Bull Group
3rd millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £130
Each a zebu with hump to the shoulders and dewlap beneath the neck. 313 grams total, 78-88 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
