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LOT 0195
Western Asiatic Terracotta Idol
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 in. (69 grams, 15 cm high).
Freestanding, with a pinched face, elaborate applied hairstyle, circular eyes and prick-decorated collar, hand clasped with palms to chest; repaired.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1970s.
Ex European private collection.
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LOT 0195
Western Asiatic Terracotta Idol
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Alabaster Bowl
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Carved from a veined stone with a shallow bowl and broad rim. 167 grams, 96 mm wide
Acquired in Europe before 1992. -
Gandharan Gold Clad Figural Buddha Bead Group
Circa 1st century B.C.-2nd century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £2,470
The majority displaying standing figures in repoussé to both faces of a lozenge-shaped body; five formed as naked male figures with hands clasped in front of the waist; a single bead formed as a full-bodied figure wearing a headdress, one hand held over the pubic region, which is pierced; sheet-gold over bituminous cores; from a ritual headdress; most complete. 78.32 grams total, 34-43 mm
Acquired 1970s onwards. Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK. Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK.
Although the Buddha himself never visited Gandhara, with the passage of time the area became a veritable holy land for his followers. Mahayanism – a liberal and progressive school of Buddhism – flourished in Gandhara and laid emphasis among other things, on the transformation of the Buddha into a great mythological, almost eternal, god, and on the deification of future Buddhas as holding providences. In the visual arts, Buddha was permitted for the first time to be represented in human form. -
Western Asiatic Stone and Shell Bead Necklace String
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Restrung; composed of stone beads of various shapes and shades of cream and grey. 16.1 grams, 38 cm long
Ex North London collection from 1980s-1990s. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance. Accompanied by a previous dealer's certificate of authenticity.
