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A TERRACOTTA HEAD OF AVALOKITESHVARA, GUPTA PERIOD, 5TH-6TH CENTURY
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04月17日 下午5点 开拍 /15天2小时
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Scientific Analysis Report: A thermoluminescence analysis report issued by Oxford Authentication on 17 March 2016, based on sample number N116c12, sets the firing date of the sample taken between 1000 and 1600 years ago, consistent with the dating above. A copy of the report accompanies this lot.Northeastern India. Sensitively modeled, the face bearing a serene expression marked by heavy-lidded almond-shaped eyes, a slender nose, and full sensuous lips forming a gentle smile. The hair arranged in graceful tresses fronted by an image of Buddha backed by a scrolling mandorla. Provenance: The collection of Farah Massart, Belgium. Farah Massart is a gallerist and expert in Asian art whose passion began more than thirty years ago while traveling extensively across Asia. After earning a degree in languages and building a career in business management, she reoriented her life toward Southeast Asian and Indian art, founding her gallery Famarte in 2012. Now based in Meise near Brussels with a summer pop-up in Knokke, Famarte specializes in high-quality sculpture, ritual objects, and contemporary Asian art, welcoming collectors in a personal setting. Farah regularly participates in international art fairs and exhibitions, sharing her expertise and dedication with a global community of collectors and enthusiasts.Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Expected wear, traces of burial, obvious losses, chips, nicks, scratches. Two small holes from sample-taking.Weight: 2,757 g (incl. stand)Dimensions: Height 16.8 cm (excl. stand), 29.4 cm (incl. stand)Mounted on an associated wood stand. (2)Terracotta was the traditional material for religious images in the Ganges Valley and in the Mauryan and Shunga periods from the third to the first 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, 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.Literature comparison:Compare a related terracotta head of Shiva, dated 5th century, 24.8 cm high, formerly in the Denver Art Museum, accession number 1986.51, and deaccessioned in July 2022. Compare a related terracotta head of a female deity, Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, 5th century, 26.7 cm high, in the Victoria & Albert Museum, accession number IS.45-1988. Compare a related Gupta terracotta relief depicting a male deity, Uttar Pradesh, 4th/5th century, 28.5 cm high, in the Art Institute of Chicago, reference number 1996.722. Auction result comparison:Type: Closely related Auction: Christie's New York, 31 March 2005, lot 47 Price: USD 10,200 or approx. EUR 14,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A terracotta head, India, Gupta period, 5th centuryExpert remark: Compare the related modeling with similarly rendered facial features, including the fleshy lips and carefully incised pupils. Note the size (13 cm).Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Christie's New York, 20 March 2012, lot 31 Price: USD 10,625 or approx. EUR 13,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A terracotta head of a divinity, India, Gupta period, 5th century Expert remark: Compare the related modeling with similarly rendered facial features, including the fleshy lips and carefully incised pupils. Note the similar size (19 cm).

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