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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN ESTATE
A Terracotta Head
INDIA, GUPTA PERIOD, 5TH CENTURY
Details
A Terracotta Head
India, Gupta period, 5th Century
Well-modeled with strongly defined hairline and noble expression, wearing disk-shaped earrings
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
India, Gupta period, 5th Century
Well-modeled with strongly defined hairline and noble expression, wearing disk-shaped earrings
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Prince and Princess Aschwin zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, acquired in 1973.
Literature
P. Pal, The Ideal Image, 1978, p. 81, where the author describes it as the head of an aristocratic lady and stresses the exquisite modeling.
A. Headington, 'Private World of a Prince: Oriental flair in a Paris apartment,' Connoisseur, July 1988, p. 51, illustrated.
A. Headington, 'Private World of a Prince: Oriental flair in a Paris apartment,' Connoisseur, July 1988, p. 51, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, Asia House Gallery, The Ideal Image, 1978, cat. no. 29.