3rd century AD. A carved life-size schist head of Buddha with hair in spirals and curls, gathered at the brow; urna on the forehead, neat moustache, lengthened earlobes; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Jongeward, D., Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2018, item 76, for similar head.19.9 kg total, 46cm including stand (18"). From a private UK collection, previously in a London collection formed between 1980-1990.Fine condition.