GANDHARAN GREY SCHIST BUDDHA HEAD Circa 3rd-4th century AD. The slender face with smiling ex pression, the heavily lidded eyes with urna in relief, the hair arranged in waves with usnisa of tierred curls; mounted on a custom stand. Schist, 17 kg, 40 cm high including stand. Slight loss to the ears, otherwise extremely fine condition. Provenance Property of a London Gentleman. Literature Cf. Sotheby's, Indian, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art , 5 June 1989, lot 134 for a similar head; also one in the Fogg Art Museum , Cambridge, USA, see Tissot, pl. 150.
GANDHARAN GREY SCHIST BUDDHA HEAD Circa 3rd-4th century AD. The slender face with smiling ex pression, the heavily lidded eyes with urna in relief, the hair arranged in waves with usnisa of tierred curls; mounted on a custom stand. Schist, 17 kg, 40 cm high including stand. Slight loss to the ears, otherwise extremely fine condition. Provenance Property of a London Gentleman. Literature Cf. Sotheby's, Indian, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art , 5 June 1989, lot 134 for a similar head; also one in the Fogg Art Museum , Cambridge, USA, see Tissot, pl. 150.
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