DESCRIPTION/EXPERTISE
Head part of a Mother Goddess – a fertility divinity, likely derived from the Indus Valley Civilization. Terracotta.

Gandhara was an ancient kingdom in the Swat and Kabul river valleys in modern-da northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. It lasted from about 990 BC to around the 11th century AD. The Kingdom attained its height under the Kushan Kings during the 1st century untill the 5th.
Ghandhara is world famous for the specific style of Buddhist art, which developed out of a merger of Greek, Syrian, Persian and Indian artistic influence. After the invasion of the White Huns in the 5th Century, the civilisations declined and suffered destruction. The Taliban who destroyed the famous Bamydjan Buddha’s, regarded as the largest in the world, caused worldwide protests.

MEDIUM

SIZE
3,5cm high – 3,3cm wide

PROVENANCE

PRICE
€ 150

Expertly mounted
All dimensions are without the mounting