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A LARGE AND IMPORTANT STUCCO HEAD OF BUDDHA, ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD-4TH CENTURY
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A LARGE AND IMPORTANT STUCCO HEAD OF BUDDHA, ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD-4TH CENTURY

Expert’s note
No style of Indian art is more easily assimilated into the Western canon than Gandharan sculpture. Numerous monasteries, shrines, and stupas, richly decorated with stone and stucco, were commissioned by the merchant communities. Like other Gandharan stucco, this head was originally richly colored. It displays several of the characteristic marks of the Buddha: the prominent hair-knot (ushnisha), here treated in a Graeco-Roman manner unlike contemporary Indian styles; the forehead mark (urna); and the elongated earlobes, an allusion to his former princely status when he wore pendant earrings. The head formed part of a life-size figure, probably of Gautama the Buddha as a young man. Traces of red remain on the lips and eyelids. The face was shaped from a mold, but the hair was modeled by hand.

Kushan period. Delicately and crisply modeled, the gently rounded face with heavy-lidded almond-shaped eyes below elegantly arched brows, centered by a concave urna above the aquiline nose, and rosebud mouth forming a subtle smile, the thick wavy hair piled up over the ushnisha.

Provenance
: An old Italian private collection, acquired in the 1970s. A noted Fine Art Gallery in Milano, Italy. Collection of Olivier Maréchal, Belgium, acquired from the above. Olivier Maréchal (b. 1973) is a noted Belgian collector and dealer specializing in the arts of India, Vietnam, and Thailand. He began his career in the mid-1990s, learning from his father who helped him with his first purchases. He later managed Surya Gallery in Brussels, Belgium.
Condition: Excellent condition, commensurate with age and the fragile nature of the piece. With expected wear, obvious losses, old repairs and fills to the ears and neck, weathering and erosion, encrustations, flaking, chips, and nicks, as well as remnants of red and black pigment with expected touchups.

Dimensions: Height 42 cm (excl. stand), 53 cm (incl. stand)

Mounted on an associated metal stand. (2)

In addition to schist, stucco was a popular medium for sculpture in the ancient Gandhara region. A lightweight, malleable ware, stucco readily lends itself to delicate detailing and sensitive modeling, conveying an emotional presence exemplified in this fine head of Buddha.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related smaller stucco head of Buddha, Pakistan, dated c. 4th century, 18.4 cm high, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 13.96.4.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Zacke, Vienna, 16 October 2025, lot 236
Price: EUR 65,000 or approx. EUR 67,500 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A large and important stucco head of Buddha, Ancient region of Gandhara, 3rd-4th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related modeling with similar serene expression, facial features, wavy hair, and size (45 cm).

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 13 September 2017, lot 601
Price: USD 52,500 or approx. EUR 62,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A life-size stucco head of Buddha, Gandhara, 3rd-4th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related modeling with similar serene expression, facial features, wavy hair, and size (45 cm).

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 23 March 2010, lot 109
Price: USD 43,750 or approx. EUR 58,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A large stucco head of a Buddha, Gandhara, 3rd-4th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related modeling with similar serene expression, facial features, and wavy hair. Note the smaller size (36.8 cm).

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