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LOT 0447
Gandharan Terracotta Head
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7 in. (597 grams total, 18 cm including stand).
Modelled with fleshy features, heavy lidded eyes and strong aquiline nose, wavy hair drawn up in an ushnisha; 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 96, for type.
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LOT 0447
Gandharan Terracotta Head
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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