A STUCCO HEAD DEPICTING BUDDHA ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, KUSHAN PERIOD, 4TH / 5TH CENTURY

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

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Description

Stucco

the Buddha with polychromed hair and domed ushnisha, the serene face with lidded eyes and aquiline nose, traces of polychromy and areas of gilding, with distended earlobes

Provenance

Bonhams London, 17th March 1997; thence by descent.