GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY

Slightly larger than life size, this head is an outstanding example of the technical abilities of Gandharan sculptors. The gentle features are contrasted by crisply carved wavy strands of hair, and the softly modeled, thick moustache, is characteristic for many Gandharan Buddha images; for another example in the Pan-Asian Collection, of similar size and treatment of the facial features, see P. Pal, The Sensuous Immortals, 1977, cat. no. 7.