Lot 667

Gupta Stone Head, Gandharan Schist Fragment + 2 Indian Portrait Pendants

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Gupta Stone Head, Gandharan Schist Fragment + 2 Indian Portrait Pendants
Gupta Stone Head, Gandharan Schist Fragment + 2 Indian Portrait Pendants
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Gupta Stone Head, Gandharan Schist Fragment + 2 Indian Portrait Pendants

Estimate: $600 - $900

Starting Bid: $300

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by Artemis Fine Arts
July 30, 2026 8:00 AM MDT
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Louisville, CO, US 80027

A mixed lot of four South Asian works. A small buff sandstone head, likely Gupta period, the hair arranged in tight curls beneath a diadem or turban band, remnants of an incised inscription across the crown; [H. __ in.]. Together with a grey schist relief fragment carved in high relief with the head and shoulders of a bearded, mustached figure wearing a beaded torque, the reverse retaining an old collection label inscribed "Taxila / Gandhara / 2nd-3rd A.D."

The lot further includes two Indian silver-mounted miniature portrait pendants, each painted and glazed within a plain silver bezel with suspension loop: the first depicting a mounted nobleman attended by a retainer against an orange ground; the second depicting two figures seated in a howdah atop a caparisoned elephant against a green ground

Provenance: private Thousand Oaks, California, USA collection, acquired 1970s to 2000s; Schist fragment: ex-collection J. Ristow, acquired July 2, 1999.
Miniature pendants: ex-Suraj International, acquired June 20, 2004.

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Item # 193788

  • Condition: The sandstone head and schist fragment with wear, encrustation, and minor losses consistent with age; miniature pendants with light surface soiling to the glazing, silver mounts sound.

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