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LOT 2291
Indian Red Sandstone Buddha Head
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
11 in. (7.4 kg total, 28 cm high including stand).
A carved sandstone Buddha head, with exaggerated lentoid eyes and broad nose, lips parted and teeth exposed; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s.
Ex West Country, UK, collection.
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LOT 2291
Indian Red Sandstone Buddha Head
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Indian Red Sandstone Buddha Head
5th-7th century A.D. or laterEstimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
A carved sandstone Buddha head, with exaggerated lentoid eyes and broad nose, lips parted and teeth exposed; mounted on a custom-made stand. 7.4 kg total, 28 cm high including stand
Fair condition.
Acquired 1990s. Ex West Country, UK, collection. -
Gandharan Stucco Head Fragment
3rd-5th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £120
Modelled in the round with transverse band to the brow, almond-shaped eyes with prominent eyelids, smiling lips; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 365 grams total, 14.6 cm including stand
Acquired on the London art market. Private collection, 1970s. -
Indus Valley Mehrgarh Polychrone Cup with Birds
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Bell-shaped with basal ring, frieze to the sidewall of perching birds and pepal leaves. 247 grams, 11.5 cm
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
