A Gray Schist Head Bodhisattva Kushana period circa:100-300 AD

An attractive head of Bodhisattva, the head is carved with a serene facial expression with heavy lidded eyes below arched eyebrows and a raised urna. His mouth is framed by a mustache. Wearing ear rings and his hair is combed in a chignon and secured with a crown decorated with a central ornament.This superbly modeled head is crisply carved. The Bodhisattva’s serene countenance is well defined with heavy lidded eyes under arched eyebrows centered by the raised urna, an aquiline nose, a broad wavy mustache above his closed lips and a pronounced chin. The hair falls behind his ears in thick curls under his elaborate turban embellished with floral medallions and a centerpiece bound and elaborated with strings of pearls, in the style usually associated with the Bodhisattva Shakyamuni in Gandhara art. 

Height: 29 cm ( Height with a professional solid metal stand is 39 cm ) 
Condition: Intact as a fragment, with some aging chips and the remains of soil patina all around. ( see images for more details)