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LOT 0451
Gandharan Terracotta Head
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/2 in. (628 grams total, 16.5 cm including stand).
Head of a worshipper modelled in the round with wavy hair and loose turban, exaggerated lentoid eyes; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market.
Private collection, 1970s.
Cf. Jongeward, D., Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2018, item 61, for type.
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LOT 0451
Gandharan Terracotta Head
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Gandharan Terracotta Head
2nd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
With top-knot ushnisha, long lobed ears and large lentoid eyes; mounted on a custom-made stand. 320 grams total, 10.4 cm high including stand
Acquired in the London art market. Private collection, 1970s. -
Indian Framed Dalail Khayrat Manuscripts
18th-19th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
Both framed and glazed with information cards to the reverses: a Northern Indian Mughal Qur'an leaf dated 1780 A.D., with prayers copied from Mulla Fathullah's Tafsir commentary in Naskh script, interlinear Persian translation throughout in red Nasta'liq in the margins, together with illuminated devices, with gold embellishment; an illuminated manuscript from a Dala'il prayer book, written in Naskh script framed by golden clouds, central borders of meandering vines; each with explanatory label to reverse of frame. 1 kg total, 28.7 x 23.5 cm each
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990. -
Gandharan Terracotta Head
2nd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Modelled in the round with fleshy facial features, arched brows, long earlobes, ushishna above; mounted on a custom-made stand. 307 grams total, 98 mm including stand
Acquired on the London art market. Private collection, 1970s.
