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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION
A terracotta head of Buddha
GANDHARA, 3RD/4TH CENTURY
Details
A terracotta head of Buddha
Gandhara, 3rd/4th century
With bow-shaped mouth and heavy-lidded eyes beneath finely arched brows, the hair in tight snail-shell curls pulled over the ushnisha
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high
Gandhara, 3rd/4th century
With bow-shaped mouth and heavy-lidded eyes beneath finely arched brows, the hair in tight snail-shell curls pulled over the ushnisha
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 16 September 1998, lot 9