274. BUDDHA HEAD IN STUCCO Ancient Gandhara region, 4th / 5th century A STUCCO HEAD OF BUDDHA Ancient Region of Gandhara, 4th/5th Century 22.8 cm (9 in) high 犍陀羅 四/五世紀 泥塑佛首 Provenance: Acquired in 1967 by Vlado Sestan, Ambassador of Yugoslavia to Pakistan. Thereafter by descent to a Private Collection, Canada. Bonhams, New York, 19 March 2012, lot 1005. 來源 前藏家Vado Sestan，為南斯拉夫駐巴基斯坦大使，於1967年得自駐巴基斯坦 后由家族傳承至加拿大私人珍藏 邦瀚斯，纽约，2012年3月19日，拍品 1005 The head is modeled with well-balanced facial features. The well-defined locks rising over the domed ushnisha have a tiered appearance. For similar, see another stucco head in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Kramrisch, The Art of India, 1954, no. 44. The face and hair also compare favourably with an example in the British Museum, published in Zwalf, Gandhara Sculpture, 1996, p. 296, no. 545.