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Property of a Private Japanese Collector
A stucco head of Buddha
GANDHARA, 3RD/4TH CENTURY
Details
A stucco head of Buddha
Gandhara, 3rd/4th century
Well modeled with the head slightly turned to his left, with bow-shaped mouth and almond-shaped eyes below gently arching brows, the hair in neat rows coming to a point at the front of the forehead surmounted by the spherical ushnisha, with outlines in red pigment
7½ in. (19 cm.) high
Gandhara, 3rd/4th century
Well modeled with the head slightly turned to his left, with bow-shaped mouth and almond-shaped eyes below gently arching brows, the hair in neat rows coming to a point at the front of the forehead surmounted by the spherical ushnisha, with outlines in red pigment
7½ in. (19 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Japan, 1980s
Literature
Y. Kurokawa, The Remains of Happiness: Dr. and Mrs. Kurokawa Collection, 1986, p. 70