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CENTRAL ASIA, FONDUKISTAN, 7TH/8TH CENTURY
Details
A stucco head of a woman
Central Asia, Fondukistan, 7th/8th century
Sensitively modeled with slightly smiling lips, upturned nose and mirthful eyes, the hair in looping sections loosely gathered on the top of the head
4¼ in. (11 cm.) high
Central Asia, Fondukistan, 7th/8th century
Sensitively modeled with slightly smiling lips, upturned nose and mirthful eyes, the hair in looping sections loosely gathered on the top of the head
4¼ in. (11 cm.) high
Provenance
George Bickford Collection, Cleveland, by 1965
The Dharma Collection, Israel, acquired circa 1984
The Dharma Collection, Israel, acquired circa 1984
Literature
S. Czuma, Indian Art from the George P. Bickford Collection, 1975, cat. no. 10
D. Klimburg-Salter, The Silk Route and the Diamond Path: Esoteric Buddhist Art On the Trans-Himalayan Trade Routes, 1982, p. 123, pl. 52
D. Klimburg-Salter, The Silk Route and the Diamond Path: Esoteric Buddhist Art On the Trans-Himalayan Trade Routes, 1982, p. 123, pl. 52
Exhibited
Indian Art from the George P. Bickford Collection, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 14 January - 16 February 1975; University Art Museum, University of Texas, Austin, 20 March - 25 April 1975; Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, 5 October - 9 November 1975; Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 3 February - 7 March 1976; University Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, 28 March - 3 May 1976; Phoenix Art Museum, 28 May - 30 July 1976; University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, 5 October - 28 November 1976; University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 2 January - 13 February 1977, cat. no. 10
Sale room notice
Please note the size of this work is 4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high
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