AN INDIAN BRONZE HEAD AND TWO TIBETAN HEADS 18TH/19TH CENTURY The Indian head depicting the...

AN INDIAN BRONZE HEAD AND TWO TIBETAN HEADS

18TH/19TH CENTURY

The Indian head depicting the goddess Gauri, with traces of blue and red pigment, one Tibetan head cast in bronze as a monk's head, the other a repoussé gilt-copper head of Buddha with traces of cold painting to his hair, two with modern stands, 11cm max, 1.3kg, 505g and 78g. (4)

Provenance: from the collection of Mr Richard Nathanson (d.2018), London. The gilt-copper head purchased from Brandt Asian Art on 24th October 2006. The Tibetan monk's head and Indian head purchased from Peter Sloane Early and Eastern Art on 26th June 2013 and 18th May 2012 respectively. Copies of the invoices are available.

Richard Nathanson began his career at Sotheby's in 1966 and was immediately captivated by Impressionist and early 20th century art. He subsequently set up as an independent art advisor in that field, in which he became well respected and known, in particular for his involvement with the work of artists such as Sisley, Modigliani, Rouault, Bonnard and Albert Houthuesen. During his lifelong career in the art world, Richard expanded his expertise across time and space and gathered an extraordinarily eclectic collection of artworks which included classical, medieval, African, Asian and Oceanic pieces as well as folk art, natural forms and early toys. As he learnt more about these cultures and the art they inspired, his profound admiration for them grew, broadening his spiritual and philosophical outlook. He observed the intense affinities between these pieces, sometimes separated by millennia and thousands of miles and was fascinated by the conversations that arose between these various expressions of human experience. Richard felt that art had the ability to give hope and inspiration in the human quest for truth and beauty.