A grey schist head of Buddha, Ancient Region of Gandhara, circa 3rd Century

Collection of Karen Beagle (1960-2021), acquired in London in the 1980s.

Another closely related Gandharan head, included in the exhibition A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1997, cat. no. 102, was sold in our New York rooms, 20th September 2021, lot 356.