Antiquities - an early Indian verdigris patinated bronze scu...

Estimate

£50 - £70

Antiquities - an early Indian verdigris patinated bronze sculptural fragment, Krishna, the Hindu deity, with Hellenic influence, traces of gilding, 9cm high, mounted for display, rectangular marble plinth, 14cm high overall, Agroha, Haryana, Northern India, 300-400 AD

Provenance: Denys George Wells VPRBA, BEM (1881-1973), British Modern artist the base with his typed collector's note: "Head of Krishna/Found at Agroha/sold to me for four anna!/Looks rather Greek to me!"; a later ink manuscript label inscribed, "Bought in India by the artist Denys Wells Circa 1925 [...]."