A group of five stucco heads
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A group of five stucco heads

GANDHARA, 3RD/4TH CENTURY

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A group of five stucco heads
Gandhara, 3rd/4th century
Each of the heads with highly individualized, portrait-like features, the corners of the mouth, pupils, and curls in the hair cleverly indicated by dimples in the material, some with remnants of polychromy
2¼ in. (5.5 cm.) high (max)
Provenance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers and Hewitt Funds, 1913 and Gift of George D. Pratt, 1931 (13.96.2, 13.96.5, 31.106.10, 31.106.11, 31.106.15)

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