"Terracotta Head - Man In Turban - Gandhara Art - Archaeology "
Terracotta head representing a turbaned man. Work from Gandhara Greco-Buddhist antiquity. 5.5cm high 3.3cm wide 7.5cm high with the base The Art of Gandhara, born on Indian soil and in the service of the Buddhist religion, appropriates iconographic elements taken from the religious repertoire and skillfully combines them with the sculpture techniques imported by the Greek soldiers from Macedonia and then Bactria who followed Alexander the Great. Provenance: same Tarn collection (south of France) as the other archaeological pieces that we have presented for sale in recent weeks. 
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