3rd-5th century AD. A fragment of a carved schist frieze depicting a warrior standing barefoot on a ledge, wearing a turban and padded cuirass, baldric to his left shoulder with strap to the left hip (for the sword?), spear resting in the right hand, cockerel in the crook of the left arm, cloak draped to the rear; mounted on a custom-made stand. See Jongeward, D., Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2018, item 12, for similar military figures in a scene depicting Queen Maya and attendants. 4.5 kg total, 36cm including stand (14 1/4"). Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old British collection formed in the 1980s-1990s. Fine condition.