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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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