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Lot 29:
Description
Keywords: Greco-Buddhist, Kushan period, stone sculpture, temple fragment, ushnisha coil, elongated earlobes, urna mark, Hellenistic influence, Northwest Pakistan/Afghanistan, ancient devotional art, stupa context, archaeological surface, museum comparable, early centuries CE
Summary:
Important Museum Quality carved stone head from ancient Gandhara, Greco-Buddhist tradition, depicting the Enlightened One with a spiral ushnisha, incised wavy locks, heavy-lidded eyes and elongated lobes above a modeled moustache and beard. Likely from a larger standing figure; back flattened from original architectural or sculpture context. Pale calcified patina with weathering, minor edge losses and surface accretions consistent with great age. 1st–5th century CE.
Art Richelieu (France)
Measurements: 7 h x 7 w x 10 in. d (17.8 x 17.8 x 25.4 cm.) approx
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