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A TERRACOTTA RELIEF DEPICTING A ROYAL COUPLE, GUPTA PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY
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12月16日 晚上6点 开拍 /6天18小时
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A TERRACOTTA RELIEF DEPICTING A ROYAL COUPLE, GUPTA PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY

Finely modeled, the generously adorned couple seated European style with one foot resting atop a pedestal, both wearing incised dhotis, the woman’s breasts partially shrouded by a veil as her cradled infant latches on, a second child tugging on her dhoti attempting to get her attention. The faces modeled with alert expressions, wide eyes below arched brows, and full lips forming a gentle smile, the coiled hair pulled away from the face and backed by a tiara.

Provenance: R. M. Collection, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium, acquired between 1979 and 2009, thence by descent to his wife Marie-Anne Lefevre in 2023.
Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, losses, some rubbing, minor nicks and light scratches, and possible old repairs.

Weight: 11 kg (excl. stand), 16.6 kg (incl. stand)
Dimensions: Height 42 cm (excl. stand), 45 cm (incl. stand)

With an associated stand. (2)

Terracotta was the traditional material for religious images in the Ganges Valley and in the Mauryan and Shunga periods (3rd-1st century BC). Bengal had been the source of some of the most sophisticated figures of gods and goddesses. In the Gupta period, several centers of terracotta sculpture emerged across the Empire, from Akhnur in Kashmir, down to Shravasti and Bitargaon in Uttar Pradesh, around the Gupta capital at Pataliputra (Patna), and down into the Ganges Delta where some of the richest red clays were available. The lack of stone in eastern Bihar and Bengal meant that clay had always been used for architectural purposes, brick adorned with terracotta or stucco being the most widely used material, and a number of archaeological sites in Bengal attest to the sophistication of the effects achieved.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Zacke, Vienna, 11 March 2022, lot 588
Price: EUR 8,216 or approx. EUR 9,500 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A terracotta relief depicting Padmapani, Gupta period
Expert remark: Note the size (48.5 cm).

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