TÊTE D'UN DONATEUR EN SCHISTE ANCIENNE RÉGION... Lot n° 28
Résultat :
Non Communiqué
Estimation :
Réservé aux abonnés
TÊTE D'UN DONATEUR EN SCHISTE
ANCIENNE RÉGION DU GANDHARA, CIRCA III/IVE SIÈCLE
24 cm (9 1/2 in.) high
Footnotes:
A SCHIST HEAD OF A DONOR
ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, CIRCA 3RD/4TH CENTURY
犍陀羅 約三/四世紀 片岩供養人像
Provenance:
With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970s
This mature donor figure, with slightly hollow cheeks, sports a distinctive tonsure, which Ingholt suggests may indicate he is a foreigner to Gandhara (Ingholt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, 1957, pp. 161-2). These mysterious Buddhist patrons are occasionally seen in Gandharan panels, such as one sold by Bonhams, New York, 23 July 2020, lot 816. Evidence of their representation in large, free-standing sculpture, as would have been the case for the present head, is provided by a statue of one such foreign donor offering a bouquet, which was discovered at the Sahri Bahlol archeological site and is now in the Peshawar Museum (Luczanits (ed.), Gandhara, 2008, p. 336, no. 248).
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Fair overall condition, with significant abrasions to the whole. Loss to the nose as seen in images. Repair and reattachment with diagonal repair line evident to the right cheek extending to the chin and neck. Significant deep chips across the head, to the hairlines and to the left earlobe. Reworked sideburn on the right side.
Please contact Sidney Lee (sidney.lee@bonhams.com) for related condition report images.
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