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TWO STUCCO HEADS OF BUDDHA A GROUP OF FOUR STUCCO HEADS OF YOUTHS, NOBLEMEN,
Ancient region of Gandhara, 4th/5th century AND THE BUDDHA
Each with heavy-lidded downcast eyes and a slight smile, the coiffure Ancient region of Gandhara, 4th/5th century
of short curls indicated by small depressions extending over the Comprising a slightly turning head of a youth with a plain diadem, an
ushinisha. aristocrat with a classical Apollonian coiffure fronted by a diadem with
4 1/8 and 5 5/8in (10.5 and 14.3cm) high a crescent moon, a smiling head of the Buddha with coiffure of thin
plaits and high ushinisha, and a nobleman with crisply defined features
US$3,000 - 5,000 and an elaborate headdress, with traces of colored pigment.
4 1/4, 4 1/2, 4 1/8 and 4 1/4in (11, 11.5, 10.3 and 10.8cm) high
Provenance
David R. Nalin Collection since late 1960s/early 70s US$2,000 - 3,000

8249 Provenance
A SCHIST HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA AND TWO SCHIST David R. Nalin Collection since late 1960s/early 70s
FIGURES
Ancient region of Gandhara, 3rd/4th century
The first with a large mustache and wearing a tall turban; the second of
a 'putti' standing with a lotus below the base of a column, with traces
of gilding in recessed areas; the third a fragmentary figure of a man
with an elaborate coiffure.
5 5/8, 5 5/8 and 6 1/4in (14.5, 14.5 and 16.1cm) high

US$3,000 - 5,000

Provenance
David R. Nalin Collection since late 1960s/early 70s

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