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    INDIAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART

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    17 September 2003

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    • A Life-Size Head of Buddha
    Lot 12 | VARIOUS OWNERS Read more

    A Life-Size Head of Buddha

    GANDHARA, 2ND CENTURY

    Price realised

    USD 26,290

    Estimate

    USD 25,000 - USD 35,000

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    A Life-Size Head of Buddha
    Gandhara, 2nd Century
    Very finely carved with well-defined features in a contemplative expression, the hair crisply delineated in wavy strands rising to a domed topknot, the surface revealing the layers of the stone
    11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high

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    Lot Essay

    The unusual treatment of the ushnisha is exceptionally fine with ample curls aligned to join at the tip; compare with another of similar execution on a standing Buddha at the Peshawar Museum, in H. Ingholt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, 1957, cat. no. 206.

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