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LOT 0452
Gandharan Terracotta Head
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
6 3/8 in. (556 grams total, 16.2 cm including stand).
Modelled in the round with narrow profile and thick nose, hair drawn up in a top-knot; 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.
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LOT 0452
Gandharan Terracotta Head
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Central Asian Gilt Copper Tray for a Nestorian Christian
Circa 1200-1250 A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
Rectangular in plan with recessed octagonal socket, repoussé pellet and leaf ornament to the flanged edge, socket with arcading and pellets, bottom panel with central cross-in-circle and two advancing lions; all on a pounced field; old collector's label to the reverse '7481'; rim cracked. 345 grams, 28 cm
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Gandharan Terracotta Head
2nd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £180
Modelled with fleshy features, heavy lidded eyes and strong aquiline nose, wavy hair drawn up in an ushnisha; mounted on a custom-made stand. 597 grams total, 18 cm including stand
Acquired on the London art market. Private collection, 1970s. -
Gandharan Terracotta Head
2nd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Modelled in the round with heavily-lidded eyes, wavy hair and ushnisha; Mounted on a custom-made stand. 315 grams total, 97 mm including stand
Acquired in the London art market. Private collection, 1970s.
