Lot Essay
It is very unusual to find a headdress of this type incorporating a portrait-like facial plaque. For another headdress with similar studded florettes, see I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, vol. II, 1990, fig. 387.
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GANDHARA, 4TH CENTURY
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A Terracotta Head of a Bodhisattva
Gandhara, 4th Century
The rounded face well modeled with a contemplative expression, crisply cut features with downcast eyes beneath arched brows, his wavy hair adorned with an elaborate headdress centered by a round mask plaque and flanked by florettes
12 in. (30.4 cm.) high
Gandhara, 4th Century
The rounded face well modeled with a contemplative expression, crisply cut features with downcast eyes beneath arched brows, his wavy hair adorned with an elaborate headdress centered by a round mask plaque and flanked by florettes
12 in. (30.4 cm.) high