GANDHARAN TERRACOTTA HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA - TL TESTED

**Originally Listed At $400** Central Asia, north Indian subcontinent, Gandhara, ca. 300 BCE. A delightful terracotta relief of the head of a man, perhaps a prince, presenting an expressive countenanc

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 1150 to 500 BCE. An evocative terracotta head from an larger figure. The head has distinct child-like features charact

Ca. 202 BC–220 AD. Han Dynasty. A hollow-formed terracotta cream-coloured rhinoceros shown standing four-square with a well-cast head with two horns of different length, rose-coloured ears pric

Tang Dynasty, Ca. 618-907 AD A large and beautiful hollow-moulded terracotta horse, modelled in a standing pose on a square base. The horse's head is facing gazing forward, with its ears pricked forwa

Northern Wei Dynasty, Ca. AD 386 - 534. A terracotta ox painted with black pigments. The animal is depicted to be standing, with its head facing downwards. It has been made with lifelike details on th

Ca. 202BC - 220AD A huge Chinese pottery model of a guard dog in a seated position, facing forwards with head alert and ears pricked up. The dog wears an elaborate harness and a collar.This piece has

Ca. 202BC-220AD.A huge pottery model of a guard dog in a seated position, facing forwards with head alert and ears pricked up. The dog wears an elaborate red harness and a collar. The dog is the eleve

Tang Dynasty, Ca. 618-907 AD An earthenware mingqi of foreign rider on a horse modelled in a standing pose. The rider depicted with body facing outwards towards the horse's head, his head turned sligh

Pakistan, Indus Valley civilization, Harappa, ca. 3000 BCE. This is a slip-painted terracotta sculpture of a humped Zebu bull with a pot on his head. There is a round hole in the middle of the pot, ex

Ca. 202 BC - 220 AD.A polychrome terracotta figure of a duck, with lifelike legs. It has colourful feathers, a red head with wide-open eyes, and a cream-coloured beak. This bird figure is a type of Mi

Ca. 386-534 AD.A well moulded terracotta grey tile with a depiction of a standing Buddha or Bodhisattva wearing a voluminous robe. He has typical stylised features, a mandorla behind. Buddha has a rai

Northern Wei Dynasty, Ca. 386-534 AD A well moulded terracotta grey tile with a depiction of a standing Buddha or Bodhisattva wearing a voluminous robe. He has typical stylised features, a mandorla be

Northern Wei Dynasty, Ca. 386-534 AD A Northern Wei terracotta rectangular brick portraying the finely moulded image of a Buddha or bodhisattva. This tile is depicting the enthroned Buddhist deity Gua

Central Asia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. An exquisite, life-size terracotta head of the Buddha, depicted nearly in the round, with a wavy coiffure, a gener

**Originally Listed At $600** Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan / Mohenjo-Daro civilization era, ca. 2600 BCE. This is a fine anthropomorphic head, hand molded with a dark gray nearly black hue. Th

Ancient Near East, The Levant, Jordan, Neolithic / Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze Age, ca. 4000 BCE. This is a pottery head of an idol figure, hand built and shaped with an elongated and conical profil

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A remarkable pottery "trophy head" vessel featuring a bulbous body that tapers to a brief neck and a flared, annula

**Originally Listed At $300** Central Asia, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 200 BCE to 400 CE. A mold-formed terracotta head of a prince, modeled in the traditional Graeco-Buddhist tra

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit culture, ca. 300 BCE to 200 CE. A fascinating pottery head of an animal featuring stylized characteristics of raised, target motif eyes, a slender nasal bridge that

**Originally Listed At $200** India, Pakistan, ancient region of Gandhara, ca 2nd to 4th century CE. A finely modelled terracotta head of Buddha presenting a sensitively modeled visage comprised of so

A Gandharan terracotta head of a woman, 1st - 3rd Century AD, wearing a tall diadem and earrings, her hair styled back in waves. H: 2 in (5.1 cm). Remnants of white slip and mottled mineral deposits.

Pre-Columbian, Central Highlands, Mexico, Mixtec culture, ca. 800 CE. Exceedingly rare set of four portrait heads done in heavy gray pottery, then finished in red and white added pigments. Each is car

A Group of 65 Gandharan Terracotta Heads Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D. Height of largest 3 1/2 inches (9 cm).

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery jar of a voluminous form with a round but stable base, a compressed spherical body with a central carination, and a tall, flared rim