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A STUCCO HEAD OF BUDDHA 246
Ancient region of Gandhara, Kushan period,
5th Century
Height: 8 in. (20.4 cm)
PROVENANCE
Heeramaneck Galleries, acquired 2 December 1942.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art
and Polytechnic Trust by exchange, 1942.
LITERATURE
H. Hollis, ‘Central Asian Stucco Sculptures’, in The Bulletin of the
Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 32, no. 3, March 1945, p. 26–7.
$ 12,000-18,000
245
A GREY SCHIST HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA
Ancient region of Gandhara, Kushan period,
3rd Century
Height: 6 ⅜ in. (16.2 cm)
PROVENANCE
Agha Hilaly, Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States from
1966 to 1971, acquired May 10, 1969.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden
Jennings Fund, 1969
LITERATURE
‘Art of Asia Recently Acquired by American Museums, 1969’, in
Archives of Asian Art, vol. XXIV, Honolulu, 1970–71, p. 107.
‘The Year in Review for 1968’, in The Bulletin of the Cleveland
Museum of Art, vol. 57, January 1970, p. 51, no. 221.
$ 3,000-5,000
246
A GREY SCHIST HEAD OF A FEMALE
Ancient region of Gandhara, Kushan period,
3rd Century
Height: 6 ⅜ in. (16.2 cm)
PROVENANCE
Agha Hilaly, Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States from
1966 to 1971, acquired May 10, 1969.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden
Jennings Fund, 1969
LITERATURE
‘Art of Asia Recently Acquired by American Museums, 1969’, in
Archives of Asian Art, vol. XXIV, Honolulu, 1970–71, p. 107.
‘The Year in Review for 1969’, in The Bulletin of the Cleveland
Museum of Art, vol. 57, January 1970, p. 51, no. 222.
$ 3,000-5,000
