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GANDHARA, 3RD/4TH CENTURY
Details
A stucco bust of a lady
Gandhara, 3rd/4th century
The figure delicately modeled wearing a diaphanous robe draped across the torso and secured in a knot at the left shoulder, the face with a slight smile and large eyes beneath gracefully arched eyebrows, the hair secured with a foliate tiara with a flowing veil, wearing a torque and earrings, with a fine pink stucco surface and traces of polychromy
5¾ in. (14.7 cm.) high
Gandhara, 3rd/4th century
The figure delicately modeled wearing a diaphanous robe draped across the torso and secured in a knot at the left shoulder, the face with a slight smile and large eyes beneath gracefully arched eyebrows, the hair secured with a foliate tiara with a flowing veil, wearing a torque and earrings, with a fine pink stucco surface and traces of polychromy
5¾ in. (14.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, acquired in the 1980s