Gandharan Standing Bodhisattva Statue

Date: 1st-3rd century AD

Measurements: 34 kg, 67cm including stand (27 1/4″).

Condition: Good

1st-3rd century AD. A carved schist statue of Bodhisattva Maitreya standing, wearing a loose mantle and dhoti, with floral collar and draped festoon to the neck, decorative band to the upper arm; mounted on a custom-made stand. See Jongeward, D. Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2018, item 76 for type. 34 kg, 67cm including stand (27 1/4″). Private collection, South West London; acquired before 2000.