Lot 601. A life-size stucco head of Buddha, Gandhara, 3rd-4th century, 16 ½ in. (45 cm.) high. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 52,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

Provenance: Acquired by the present owner from the New York Art Market on 9 April 1996.

Note: Exceptionally finely rendered with deeply carved features, including heavily-lidded downcast eyes and a plump rosebud mouth. Compare the sensitive modeling with a stucco head of Buddha in the Tokyo National Museum (I. Kurita, Gandharan Art II, The World of the Buddha, Tokyo, 2003, p.121, cat.no.326). 

Christie's. Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art, 13 September 2017, New York