3rd century AD. A schist figure of Buddha standing wearing a loose uttariya garment, right hand raised to the chest and left hand holding a censer, nimbus behind the head; to the side, two small ascetics or attendants, each with ushnisha and wearing a loincloth; the group standing on a dais with two worshippers flanking a pyre; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Jongeward, D., Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2018, item 76, for type.12 kg total, 60cm including stand (23 1/2"). From a private UK collection, previously in a London collection formed between 1980-1990.Fine condition.