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LOT 2384
Gandharan Terracotta Head
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (315 grams total, 97 mm including stand).
Modelled in the round with heavily-lidded eyes, wavy hair and ushnisha; 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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