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A STUCCO HEAD OF THE BUDDHA ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD-5TH CENTURY

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A STUCCO HEAD OF THE BUDDHA ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD-5TH CENTURY 4 3/4 in. (12 cm) high Footnotes: 犍陀羅三/五世紀泥塑佛首 Published Chandreyi Basu, Displaying Many Faces: Art and Gandharan Identity: Selections from the David R. Nalin Collection, 2004, p. 88, pl. 91. Provenance David R. Nalin Collection, acquired in 1969 This Gandharan stucco head of the Buddha shows the Enlightened One with lowered eyes, rounded features, and tightly indented clustered curls. A stucco head of Buddha in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (31.106.7) shows a similar indented treatment of the hair. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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A STUCCO HEAD OF THE BUDDHA ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD-5TH CENTURY

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