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LOT 2405
Gandharan Terracotta Head
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 in. (320 grams total, 10.4 cm high including stand).
With top-knot ushnisha, long lobed ears and large lentoid eyes; 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 91, for type.
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LOT 2405
Gandharan Terracotta Head
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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