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           A BRONZE INLAID MARBLE HEAD OF A BEARDED MAN      鑲銅大理石男性頭像
           ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY     犍陀羅,約三世紀
           31 cm (12 1/4 in.) high                           高31釐米(12 1/4英吋)

           HK$650,000 - 750,000                              650,000 - 750,000 港元

           His mouth agape, deeply furrowed brows frame the man’s bronze-  此像刻劃一位男性眉頭深鎖,嘴巴微張,眼部鑲銅。蓬亂的頭髮與整
           inlaid eyes. His disheveled hair contrasts the perfectly kept spirals of   潔捲曲的鬍鬚形成對比,八字鬍如波紋下垂至下巴。作品帶有有明顯
           his beard and his mustache rippling down to his jaw. With marked   的現實主義色彩,比尋常犍陀羅造像更加生動。
           realism, this head is suffused with a degree of animated portraiture
           rarely seen in Gandharan sculpture.               比照大都會藝術博物館的一尊酒神狄俄尼索斯赤陶頭像,(參見
                                                             Behrendt,《犍陀羅藝術》,紐約,2007年,頁67,51號),以及
           Compare a terracotta head of Dionysus in the Metropolitan Museum   大英博物館的老人與勇士灰泥頭像(參見Zwalf,《犍陀羅雕塑》,
           of Art (Behrendt, Art of Gandhara, New York, 2007, p.67, no.51).   倫敦,1990年,頁326-27,編號621和622)。類似大鬍子的造型在
           Also compare two stucco heads identified as old man and a warrior   犍陀羅的阿特拉斯造像上也常見,參見同上,頁208-10、216,編號
           in the British Museum (Zwalf, Gandharan Sculpture, London, 1990,   362-64、366和377。
           pp.326-27, nos.621 & 622). Sculptures with similarly substantial
           beards are also common to Gandharan Atlantes, see ibid, pp.208-  來源
           10, 216, nos.362-64, 366 & 377.                   Elisabeth Coebergh,荷蘭,1980-2003年
                                                             John Eskenazi Ltd,倫敦,2014年
           Provenance                                        Elizabeth與Willard Clark夫婦收藏,加州
           Elisabeth Coebergh, Netherlands, 1980-2003
           John Eskenazi Ltd, London, 2014
           Elizabeth and Willard Clark Collection, California




























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