A GANDHARA GREY SCHIST BUST OF A BODHISATTVA, the well-modelled upper body with pleated scarf over his left shoulder, various necklaces and an armlet, his face with downcast expression, aquiline nose, moustache, elongated earlobes with circular earrings, an elaborate headdress and a circular halo behind, late 2nd Century A.D.

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A GANDHARA GREY SCHIST BUST OF A BODHISATTVA, the well-modelled upper body with pleated scarf over his left shoulder, various necklaces and an armlet, his face with downcast expression, aquiline nose, moustache, elongated earlobes with circular earrings, an elaborate headdress and a circular halo behind, late 2nd Century A.D.
60 cm high (slight damages)

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