Life-Size Gandharan Buddha Statue Head

1ST-4TH CENTURY AD

16 1/4" (12.5 kg, 41.5cm including stand).

A finely detailed carved schist head of Buddha with detailed carefully dressed hair, clean shaven with neat moustache, braided band to the brow, urna to the forehead; professionally cleaned and mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

Property of a London gentleman; previously with central London gallery; imported from the USA in the early 1970s; formerly with Mahboubian Gallery, New York since the late 1960s; accompanied by copy of an early 1970s black and white photograph; supplied with geologic report No. TL005206, by geologic consultant Dr R. L. Bonewitz.

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LOT 0365

Life-Size Gandharan Buddha Statue Head

Sold for (Inc. bp): £10,000

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