A TERRACOTTA HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA

Lot 395
22.10.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 819937
Lot 395 | A TERRACOTTA HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA
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$ 8 000 – 12 000
A TERRACOTTA HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA

ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 4TH-5TH CENTURY CE

Well modeled with oval face, almond eyes, aquiline nose, with wavy hair on his temples, surmounted by an elaborate headdress with central ornament

11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm.) high





Provenance

Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 2 September 1987.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
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