GANDHARA, 4TH/5TH CENTURY

細節

A Terracotta Head of a Man
Gandhara, 4th/5th Century
Well modeled with a slender face, almond-shaped eyes, moustache and open mouth, the details outlined with polychrome
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high

來源

Spink and Son, Ltd., 1990's

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拍品專文

The present head is a rare example of portrait sculpture developed in the last phase of Gandharan art during the 4th and 5th centuries. A new level of realism was achieved, further enhanced through polychrome. Compare with a head of a monk, in S. Czuma, Kushan Sculpture: Image from Early India, 1985, cat. no. 130; and two smaller examples of youthful heads, in A. Poster, From Indian Earth, 4,000 Years of Terracotta Art, 1986, cat. nos. 66 and 68.