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LOT 0453

Gandharan Terracotta Head

2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.

4 in. (307 grams total, 98 mm including stand).

Modelled in the round with fleshy facial features, arched brows, long earlobes, ushishna above; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

Acquired on the London art market.
Private collection, 1970s.

Literature

Cf. Jongeward, D., Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2018, item 91, for type.

CONDITION
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LOT 0453

Gandharan Terracotta Head

Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

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