A very large Hadda stucco head of a Bodhisattva. Afghanistan, 3rd/4th century - image-1
A very large Hadda stucco head of a Bodhisattva. Afghanistan, 3rd/4th century - image-2
A very large Hadda stucco head of a Bodhisattva. Afghanistan, 3rd/4th century - image-1A very large Hadda stucco head of a Bodhisattva. Afghanistan, 3rd/4th century - image-2

Lot 2 Dα

A very large Hadda stucco head of a Bodhisattva. Afghanistan, 3rd/4th century

Auction 1190 - overview Cologne
11.12.2021, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 10.000 € (incl. premium)

A very large Hadda stucco head of a Bodhisattva. Afghanistan, 3rd/4th century

Finely modelled face with crisply delineated features and an elaborately adorned turban, the eye brows drawn in black ink, the mouth painted red. Face reworked. Chipped. Mounted.
Height 34 cm

Certificate

Art Loss Register document S00092906

Provenance

Collection of Dr Masutani, Tokyo, since 1981
With Zenith Oriental Art, Philippe Kersten, Maastricht, since 2012
Private collection, Rhineland