GANDHARAN SCHIST HEAD OF A WISEMAN Ca. AD 200 - 300. A head carved from green/gray schist portraying the visage of a man in traditional Greco-Buddhist style. Sensitively modelled face presents heavy-lidded downcast eyes, a small mouth under a moustache, and waves of hair pulled back with a round cap Size: 200mm x 120mm; Weight: 5.5kg. Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.