Sale 2551
New York
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21 March 2012
Price realised
USD 43,750
Estimate
A gray schist head of Buddha Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century Finely carved with curving bow-shaped mouth, aquiline nose, and almond-shaped eyes, the hair in long wavy locks pulled over the ushnisha prominently perched at the front of the head 13¾ in. (35.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Japan, 1980s
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