Sale 5020
Paris
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26 November 2002
Price realised
EUR 8,812
Estimate
BUSTE DE BODHISATTVA EN SCHISTE GRIS GANDHARA, IIEME SIECLE De face, le visage serein aux yeux mi-clos, à la bouche charnue surmontée d'une fine moustache, les longs lobes d'oreilles ornés de boucles en forme de lions, les cheveux masqués par une coiffe élaborée comprenant au centre un petit putto debout, paré d'un double collier dont un orné du buste d'un ascète ; socle Hauteur: 49,5 cm.(19½ in.)
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A GREY SCHIST BUST OF A BODHISATTVA GANDHARA, 2ND CENTURY
Specialist Joy McCall answers key questions for collectors of the glassmaker’s exquisite pieces. Illustrated with lots offered in the Lalique sale on 15 May
Offered in May, a 1916 canvas that was included in every major survey of Malevich’s Suprematist works during his lifetime, and which revolutionised modern art