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LOT 2679
Thai Head of a Buddha
19TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
3 5/8 in. (209 grams total, 92 mm including stand).
With lentoid half-lidded eyes, wide nose, curved lips and elongated earlobes; conical headdress with pellets; low-relief engraved detailing; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenancewith Christie's Interiors, London, 4 October 2011, no.57 (Part).
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 2679
Thai Head of a Buddha
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Etched carnelian beads are characteristic of the Indus Valley culture and have been produced since the third millennium B.C. They are a typical product of the Harappa culture, but they are also attested in later millennia and produced elsewhere in Southeast Asia. The oldest specimens come from the Indus Valley and from Mesopotamia. A few specimens were found in the so-called royal cemetery of Ur, where they were identified in the excavation publication as coming from India.
