100-300 AD. Gandharan. A grey schist torso of Buddha with a painted topknot (ushnisha), urna on the forehead, arched brow, heavily lidded, closed eyes, a bulbous nose, full, red lips, rounded chin and large, pendulous ears. He wears a heavy robe, depicted with carefully modelled drapery. Gandhara was an ancient region in the Peshawar basin in the north-west of the ancient Indian subcontinent (modern north-west Pakistan and south-east Afghanistan). The Kushan period (c. 75-451 AD) of Gandharan art, to which this example belongs, was the golden age of artistic production in the area. For further information on Gandharan art, see Jongeward, D. 2019, Buddhist Art Of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, Oxford University Press. Good condition; on a custom-made stand.Size: L:723mm / W:270mm ; 23.4kg; Provenance; Property of a Central London gallery, obtained from a private London collection (M.A); formerly acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 80s.