
Jing Wen
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A SCHIST HEAD OF BUDDHA
ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD/4TH CENTURY
犍陀羅 三/四世紀 片岩佛首
Provenance:
With Claude de Marteau, New York, by 1970s
Buddha's locks undulate in symmetrical waves from the center point and flow over the dome of his ushnisha. Close examples are held in the British Museum (Zwalf, A Catalogue of the Gandhara Sculpture in the British Museum, Vol. II, 1996, pp. 9, 10, & 32, nos. 1, 3, & 39). Also compare with another renowned example sold at Christie's, New York, 19 March 2013, lot 201.