Lot Essay
For the treatment of the hair in spiral curls, see for example I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, vol. II, 2003, fig. 238. The stone is of dark tone and finely polished.
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GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
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A gray schist head of Buddha
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
The ovoid face well carved with almond-shaped eyes and pursed lips, the hair arranged in tight spiral curls, the details finely rendered and with a smooth polish
9½ in. (24 cm.) high
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
The ovoid face well carved with almond-shaped eyes and pursed lips, the hair arranged in tight spiral curls, the details finely rendered and with a smooth polish
9½ in. (24 cm.) high