Sale 1640
New York
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30 March 2006
Price realised
USD 1,920
Estimate
A gray schist figure of Hariti Gandhara, 3rd century Seated on a brick wall, wearing a long flowing robe, cradling the sheaf of wheat in her left arm, the hair pulled away from the face and surmounted by a high headdress, backed by a halo 11 in. (17.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Japanese Private Collection, acquired in the 1980s
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