Head of a Bodhisattva in a Looped Turban
Gandhāran style · 18.5 × 13 cm (7 ¼ × 5 ⅛ in.)
4.4 kg with stand · US$ 880
“Every tradition shown here has survived by being made again. These pieces belong to that making; they are not relics of it.”
Vining Fine Art deals in works made in the ancient manners of Asia and the Near East — the Buddhist sculpture of Gandhāra, the goldsmith’s work of the Hellenistic East, the first figures of Anatolia and the Indus, the beads and devotional images of the Himalaya. Everything we handle is contemporary, catalogued properly, one piece at a time, and priced on the page.
On Buying from Us
Everything offered here is a contemporary work made in an ancient manner. None of it is an antique, none of it has been excavated, and we attach no date or findspot to any of it. What we can tell you is what a piece looks like, what it measures, what it weighs and what it costs — and all four are printed on its page.
Gold is the one material we name, because it is the one we have tested: every gold piece carries its X-ray fluorescence reading and its karat. Everything else is described by its appearance, and we do not name a stone, a metal or a clay we have not had tested.
Prices run from US$ 320 to US$ 3,500 and include packing. The heavier gold pieces are priced by weight. Every piece carries a fourteen-day right of return on anything bought unseen, and we would far rather take something back than have it sit somewhere it is not wanted.
We ship anywhere, packed and insured. If you are new to this field, say so — we would rather spend an hour explaining what a Gandhāran head is and how to light one than sell you something you do not yet want.