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Lot 56

A terracotta head of Buddha
Ancient region of Gandhara, 3rd/4th century

18 September 2013, 10:00 EDT
New York

Sold for US$10,000 inc. premium

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A terracotta head of Buddha

Ancient region of Gandhara, 3rd/4th century
Finely modeled with well-defined pursed lips and heavy-lidded downcast eyes below gently arching brows and a curved hairline of wavy locks pulled over the domed ushnisha.
9 1/4 in. (23.8 cm) high

Footnotes

A related example is held in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (13.96.4) and a similar piece of this quality was sold at Christie's New York, 21 September 2007, lot 226.

Provenance:
Private New York Collection
Doris Wiener Gallery, 1980s

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