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Collection of 6 Indian sculptures and a painting

Artist: Indian

Location: Ashmolean Museum

Date: 50 - 1900

Materials: stucco, terracotta, schist & paper

Bequest:

Review number: 2079 (1961)

Provenance:
Sir Leonard Woolley

Description:
1) Head of Buddha, stucco, Gandhara. 2) Head of 'Socratic type', stucco, Gandhara. 3) Head of Bodisattva, stucco, Gandhara. 4) Toilet tray, schist, Gandhara. 5) Terracotta plaque, thought to be medieval. 6) Painting of Raja, 19th century. Currently missing from the collection. These works were part of a collection of 90 works bequeathed to 4 museums in the UK and 2 museums in New Zealand by the late Sir Leonard Woolley through The Art Fund in 1961.

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