TWO STUCCO BUDDHA HEADS ANCIENT GANDHARA REGION,... Lot 128

TWO STUCCO BUDDHA HEADS ANCIENT GANDHARA REGION, IVE/VE CENTURY Larger: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.) high; Smaller: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.) high Footnotes: TWO STUCCO HEADS OF BUDDHA ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 4TH/5TH CENTURY 犍陀羅 四/五世紀 泥塑佛首二尊 These two stucco heads both depict the historical Buddha Shakyamuni. The larger of the two heads features hair defined by rows of shallow depressions, while the smaller is portrayed with rippling locks. Compare the treatment of the hair with examples in the British Museum. See Zwalf, Gandharan Sculpture, 1996, pp. 297-307, nos. 546, 553 & 563-66, and Lyons and Ingholt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, 1957, P. 188, nos. 526-8. Provenance: Drs. Wilfried and Valentina Stache between 1965-1975, probably while in Karachi where Dr. Wilfried Stache served as Director of Goethe Institutes (1965-1968). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com