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Lot 29
TÊTE DE BODHISATTVA EN STUC BLANC Ancienne région du Gandhara, vers IVe siècle
25 – 27 October 2022, 10:30 CEST
Paris, Avenue HocheSold for €111,255 inc. premium
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TÊTE DE BODHISATTVA EN STUC BLANC
Ancienne région du Gandhara, vers IVe siècle
A WHITE STUCCO HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA
Ancient region of Gandhara, circa 4th century
Finely modelled with elaborate turban arranged in thick pleated bands highlighted in the remains of red colour, secured at the front by a faceted jewel. His meditative and slightly stern expression is amplified by the arched eyebrows above downcast eyes with black painted pupils, long aquiline nose, red-coloured straight lips and elongated earlobes with circular earrings, stand. 28cm (11in) high. (2).
A WHITE STUCCO HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA
Ancient region of Gandhara, circa 4th century
Finely modelled with elaborate turban arranged in thick pleated bands highlighted in the remains of red colour, secured at the front by a faceted jewel. His meditative and slightly stern expression is amplified by the arched eyebrows above downcast eyes with black painted pupils, long aquiline nose, red-coloured straight lips and elongated earlobes with circular earrings, stand. 28cm (11in) high. (2).
Footnotes
Provenance:
Christie's Amsterdam, 16 December 2003, lot 20
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021), acquired at the above sale
Encompassing Northeastern Afghanistan and Northwestern Pakistan, the ancient region of Gandhara benefited from the unique hybridity of early cultures. Displaying in its sculpture elements informed by the Mediterranean, Near East India, and Central Asia, its artistic products are wonderfully cosmopolitan.
The elaborate turban worn by this handsome Bodhisattva has no direct comparison to Indian or Sasanian models but retains elements of large faceted beads, thick fabric bands, represented in other examples published in Tissot, Gandhara, Paris, 1985, figs.171-183 and an example in the British Museum (1937,0716.159) also missing the top section. Also compare to a bodhisattva head in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1977.191) and Los Angeles County Museum of Art published by P.Pal, Indian Sculpture, vol.I, Los Angeles, 1986, pp.168-169, no.S46.
犍陀羅 約四世紀 泥塑菩薩首
來源：
阿姆斯特丹佳士得，2003年12月16日，編號20
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏，得自上述拍賣