A Gandhara head of a bodhisattva
Lot-No. 713
Proceeds : 2.700 €
Gandhara-region/Pakistan, 4th cent. Red-brownish terracotta. Male head with fine facial expression and elaborate hairdress. The mouth with a characteristic moustache. On Perspex-stand with metal pin. H. of the head 22,5 cm. - The Greco-Buddhist art of the Gandhara region impressively demonstrates the fusion of Hellenistic, Indian and Persian influences. The moustache may be inspired by the art of the Scythians. For a similar head see: Klimburg-Salter, Buddha in Indien, Vienna 1995, fig. 199. - Prov.: Rare Chinese Bronzes and Works of Art from an important private collection in France (Lot 700 - 721). The following group of bronzes, ceramics and jade objects are part of an old noble collection in Southern France. The collection has been assembled since the 19th cent. by an art-minded entrepreneur and has been in the estate of the family by descent ever since. The family kept manifold private and commercial relations to China and was able to build up an exquisite and important collection. A selection of these marvelous objects is now being offered and is available to the global art market for the very first time. The objects demonstrate the fascination for Chinese and Asian Art and the collecting passion of an intellectual gentleman and connoisseur.
A Gandhara head of a bodhisattva
A Gandhara head of a bodhisattva
Lot-No. 713
Proceeds : 2.700 €
Gandhara-region/Pakistan, 4th cent. Red-brownish terracotta. Male head with fine facial expression and elaborate hairdress. The mouth with a characteristic moustache. On Perspex-stand with metal pin. H. of the head 22,5 cm. - The Greco-Buddhist art of the Gandhara region impressively demonstrates the fusion of Hellenistic, Indian and Persian influences. The moustache may be inspired by the art of the Scythians. For a similar head see: Klimburg-Salter, Buddha in Indien, Vienna 1995, fig. 199. - Prov.: Rare Chinese Bronzes and Works of Art from an important private collection in France (Lot 700 - 721). The following group of bronzes, ceramics and jade objects are part of an old noble collection in Southern France. The collection has been assembled since the 19th cent. by an art-minded entrepreneur and has been in the estate of the family by descent ever since. The family kept manifold private and commercial relations to China and was able to build up an exquisite and important collection. A selection of these marvelous objects is now being offered and is available to the global art market for the very first time. The objects demonstrate the fascination for Chinese and Asian Art and the collecting passion of an intellectual gentleman and connoisseur.