2nd-3rd century AD. A carved schist bust of Buddha with detailed wavy hair, ushnisha, long earlobes, hooded eyes and urna to the brow; mounted on a custom-made stand. See Jongeward, D., Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2018. 3.4 kg total, 32cm including stand (12 1/2"). From a West London collection; previously acquired in the 1980s. Fine condition.