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Place of Origin: Afghan
Ancient Gandharan Carved Stucco Greco Buddhist Bodhisattva Head Bust 400-500 CE
Located in Portland, OR
An ancient Gandharan carved stucco head, 4th-5th Century CE. This carved stucco head represents a Bodhisattva wearing an elaborate headdress, raised on a custom steel stand. The anci...
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15th Century and Earlier Archaistic Antique Afghan Antiquities

Materials

Stucco

Ancient Gandharan Carved Stucco Greco Buddhist Bodhisattva Head Bust 400-500 CE
Ancient Gandharan Carved Stucco Greco Buddhist Bodhisattva Head Bust 400-500 CE

Ancient Gandharan Carved Stucco Greco Buddhist Bodhisattva Head Bust 400-500 CE

Large Bactrian Bronze Age Alabaster Chalice
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Bactrian alabaster chalice, circa 3000-2000 BC. It has an elegant tapering formed base with a undeep rimmed cup. The alabaster is strikingly vained. ...
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15th Century and Earlier Archaistic Antique Afghan Antiquities

Materials

Alabaster

Large Bactrian Bronze Age Alabaster Chalice
Large Bactrian Bronze Age Alabaster Chalice

Large Bactrian Bronze Age Alabaster Chalice

2-3 B.C., Afghanistan, Rare Bactrian Hardstone Weight
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Rare Bactrian hardstone weight with creamy stone color and 2 holes on the top, the base is flat. In the ancient time, the two holes were used to tie up with rope and measure the weig...
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Afghan Antiquities

Materials

Stone

2-3 B.C., Afghanistan, Rare Bactrian Hardstone Weight
2-3 B.C., Afghanistan, Rare Bactrian Hardstone Weight

2-3 B.C., Afghanistan, Rare Bactrian Hardstone Weight

2-3 B.C., Afghanistan, Rare Bactrian Hardstone Weight
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Rare Bactrian hardstone weight with creamy stone color and 2 holes on the top, the base is flat. In the ancient time, the two holes were used to tie up with rope and measure the weig...
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Afghan Antiquities

Materials

Stone

2-3 B.C., Afghanistan, Rare Bactrian Hardstone Weight
2-3 B.C., Afghanistan, Rare Bactrian Hardstone Weight

2-3 B.C., Afghanistan, Rare Bactrian Hardstone Weight

Old Rare Afghan Musical Instrument like a Sculpture
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Lovely old "Saranji", rare Afghan musical instrument. It's an oriental lute from Naxçivan, the town which owes its origine to the tribe Nakh. In Your home it may be like a sculpture ...
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Mid-18th Century Other Antique Afghan Antiquities

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Fruitwood

Old Rare Afghan Musical Instrument like a Sculpture
Old Rare Afghan Musical Instrument like a Sculpture

Old Rare Afghan Musical Instrument like a Sculpture

Gandharan Small Stucco Buddha Head, Style of Hadda, 5th-6th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely small stucco head of the Buddha, ancient region of Gandhara, probably Hadda, 5th to 6th century, modern day Afghanistan. Beautifully rendered, the small Gandharan Buddha...
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Afghan Antiquities

Materials

Stucco

Gandharan Small Stucco Buddha Head, Style of Hadda, 5th-6th Century
Gandharan Small Stucco Buddha Head, Style of Hadda, 5th-6th Century

Gandharan Small Stucco Buddha Head, Style of Hadda, 5th-6th Century

Ancient Bactrian Marble Idol Staff Sceptor
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A large Bactrian marble staff circa late 3rd-2nd millennium BCE. The Bactrian culture was discovered by Soviet archeologists in the 1970s in Afghanistan. Also called the Oxus culture...
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Afghan Antiquities

Materials

Marble

Ancient Bactrian Marble Idol Staff Sceptor
Ancient Bactrian Marble Idol Staff Sceptor

Ancient Bactrian Marble Idol Staff Sceptor

Bactrian Marble Column Idol
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Bactrian marble column idol, circa 3000-2000 Bc. It has a elegant tapering form with a undeep groove running on the top and bottom. The marble is a breccia type with striking vains i...
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15th Century and Earlier Archaistic Antique Afghan Antiquities

Materials

Marble

Bactrian Marble Column Idol
Bactrian Marble Column Idol

Bactrian Marble Column Idol

A Stucco Torso of the Buddha, Gandhara, 4th-5th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a STUNNING piece of Indian Antiquity from circa the 4th-5th Century, namely, A Stucco Torso of the Buddha, Gandhara. Ancient Gandhara is located in the rugged foothills of the Himalayas in what is today northwest Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, was for centuries a thriving center of trade along the Silk Road linking China, South Asia, and the Mediterranean. The piece was purchased by a Private Collector at Sotheby’s, or more probably, Christies of New York Auction pre-2000. The paper label on the wooden base is “7281/465” for Sale Number 7281, Lot No. 465. Sotheby’s and Christies operate a twice yearly auction of Southeast Asian Art & Antiquities in New York in the months of March and September. The Sale Number is more like a ‘Christies;’ Sale Number but we cannot locate any records for this sale online as it was pre-2004. The sculpture is a Gandharan stucco headless bust...
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15th Century and Earlier Medieval Antique Afghan Antiquities

Materials

Stucco

A Stucco Torso of the Buddha, Gandhara, 4th-5th Century
A Stucco Torso of the Buddha, Gandhara, 4th-5th Century

A Stucco Torso of the Buddha, Gandhara, 4th-5th Century

Bactrian Ritual Object
Located in Coral Gables, FL
Bactrian culture, Afghanistan. 3rd or early 2nd Millennium B.C.
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15th Century and Earlier Other Antique Afghan Antiquities

Bactrian Ritual Object
Bactrian Ritual Object

Bactrian Ritual Object

Bactrian Ritual Object
Located in Coral Gables, FL
Bactrian ritual object, Bactrian culture, Quetta, Afghanistan 3rd or early 2nd Millennium B.C.
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15th Century and Earlier Other Antique Afghan Antiquities

Bactrian Ritual Object
Bactrian Ritual Object

Bactrian Ritual Object

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Set of 2 Bactrian Stone Aniconic Idols
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A pair of carved limestone ovoid or aniconic idol with distinctive holes to the narrow end. Lovely color and patina. Rare to find a matching pair. Fine condition. Bactrian culture, c...
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Located in Sampantawong, TH
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Located in Vosselaar, BE
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Afghan Antiquities

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Located in Vosselaar, BE
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Afghan Antiquities

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Alabaster

Bactrian Alabaster Aniconic Idol
Bactrian Alabaster Aniconic Idol

Bactrian Alabaster Aniconic Idol

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Bactrian Alabaster Disc Idol, 2nd Millennium B.C.
Located in Vosselaar, BE
The Bactrian culture existed between the 3rd millennium B.C. and the 6th century in Central Asia comprising modern Afghanistan and bordering India. Its origins as a bronze age civilization was only recently (1970s) discovered by Russian archaeologist. And it was only in the 1990s that Western countries learned about it. At its most famous site, the Bactria-Margiana complex, they found an astonishing amount of remains which still is being researched today. Apart from beautiful metal objects a lot of stone idols...
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Afghan Antiquities

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Bactrian Alabaster Disc Idol, 2nd Millennium B.C.
Bactrian Alabaster Disc Idol, 2nd Millennium B.C.

Bactrian Alabaster Disc Idol, 2nd Millennium B.C.

H 17.33 in Dm 14.18 in
Bactrian Bronze Age Stone Column Idol
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Bactrian sandstone column idol, circa 3000-2000 BC. It has an elegant tapering form with a undeep groove running on the top. The colomns t has incrustation on the side where it laid ...
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15th Century and Earlier Archaistic Antique Afghan Antiquities

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Bactrian Bronze Age Stone Column Idol
Bactrian Bronze Age Stone Column Idol

Bactrian Bronze Age Stone Column Idol

H 11.82 in W 5.91 in D 5.91 in
Large Bactrian Bronze Age Column Idol
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Bactrian marble column idol, circa 3000-2000 BC. It has an elegant tapering form with a undeep groove running on the top. The marble is strikingly vained in a cream pink read color. ...
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15th Century and Earlier Archaistic Antique Afghan Antiquities

Materials

Marble

Large Bactrian Bronze Age Column Idol
Large Bactrian Bronze Age Column Idol

Large Bactrian Bronze Age Column Idol

H 13.78 in W 5.91 in D 5.91 in
Large Bactrian Bronze Age Marble Column Idol
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Bactrian marble column idol, circa 3000-2000 BC. It has a elegant tapering form with a undeep groove running on the top. The marble is strikingly vained in a cream pink read color. I...
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15th Century and Earlier Archaistic Antique Afghan Antiquities

Materials

Marble

Large Bactrian Bronze Age Marble Column Idol
Large Bactrian Bronze Age Marble Column Idol

Large Bactrian Bronze Age Marble Column Idol

H 13.78 in W 5.91 in D 5.91 in
Biconvex Bronze Age Bactrian Idol
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A Bactrian biconvex stone idol. Alongside column and staff idols these intriguing objects belong to the Bactria-Margana culture. An ancient civilization dat...
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Afghan Antiquities

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Biconvex Bronze Age Bactrian Idol
Biconvex Bronze Age Bactrian Idol

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