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MALE BUST
Terracotta
1
st
Century B. C.E. ‒ 1
st
Century
Kushan Dynasty
Uttar Pradesh
Height: 2.5 in (6.4 cm)
$545 ‒ 815
Rs 40,000 ‒ 60,000
NON‒EXPORTABLE REGISTERED ANTIQUITY
This lot is offered at NO RESERVE
PROVENANCE
From the collection of a renowned art historian
Saffronart, 25 ‒ 26 April 2012, lot 32
The present lot—a hand modelled piece depicting the torso of a male figure—reveals yet another facet of the terracotta
tradition. While female forms are generally rhythmic and fluid, the male figure here is conceived and contained within a tubular
form. Although the arms are no longer present, based on the groove lines, one can assume that his hands were raised in
supplication, and that he was probably a votive offering to a deity, or a minor deity who was in attendance to the chief deity.
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