2nd-3rd century AD. A carved schist figure of bodhisattva Shakyamuni on a bench with lotus footstool, nimbus to the rear, wearing turban with crest and large central barrel bead, left hand resting on the knee; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Jongeward, D., Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2018, item 74, for type. 7.1 kg total, 42cm including stand (16 1/2"). From the property of a London gentleman; formerly in a UK collection, acquired in the 1990s. Fine condition.