TÊTE DE BOUDDHA EN SCHISTE GRISANCIENNE RÉGION DU GANDHARA, IIIE/IVE SIÈCLE24 cm (9 1/2 in.) highProvenance: A GREY SCHIST HEAD OF BUDDHAANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 3RD/4TH CENTURY犍陀羅 三/四世紀 片岩佛首Provenance:With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970sThis classically modeled head of the Buddha borrows from the Greek styles which greatly inspired the early Buddhist art of Gandhara. The large almond shaped eyes, aquiline nose, and wavy hair pulled into a prominent bun on the top of the head are all features of the Hellenistic period (4th to 1st centuries BCE), as illustrated on another schist head of the Buddha sold at , London, 13 May, 2010, lot 173. Alsopare the treatment of the curling columns that form theushnisha with two sculptures in the British Museum, London (Zwalf,Gandharan Sculpture, 1996, p. 33, nos. 40 & 41.