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PROPERTY OF A TEXAS COLLECTOR
A gray schist head of Buddha
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A gray schist head of Buddha
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
Crisply carved with snail-shaped curls rising to a dome-shaped ushnisha, the facial features cast downwards with deep-set eyes, moustache and full lips
8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm.) high
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd Century
Crisply carved with snail-shaped curls rising to a dome-shaped ushnisha, the facial features cast downwards with deep-set eyes, moustache and full lips
8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, New York, 1960s
Christie's, New York, 23 September 2004, lot 12
Christie's, New York, 23 September 2004, lot 12
Literature
"Gandhara in Gotham," Social Register Observer, May 2002, vol. CXVI, p. 52.
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