Circa 300-400 AD The artist has carved amanding sculpture of Buddha clad in a voluminous pleated robe with an arresting gaze. A diminutive bearded figure, possibly Vajrapani, with a bare torso and simple lower garment, stands as if leaning against the Buddha with his elevated right elbow. Buddha's slightly squat proportions, broad, mustachioed face with large ears, and thick hair pulled in straight line over the ushinisha follow a convention favored by Gandharan art of Swat Valley. Three other examples of large standing Buddhas attended to by diminutive figures are held in the Peshawar Museum (Kurita, Gandharan Art, Vol.I, Tokyo, 2003, pp.161-2, nos.310-312).pare a seated Buddha held in the Royal Ontario Museum that also has a band of rosettes across the base (Kurita, Gandharan Art, II, Tokyo, 2003, p. 101, no. 264). Alsopare , New York, 19 March 2018, lot 3063. Size: L:490mm / W:185mm; 9.8kg (with stand) Provenance: From the collection of a London gentleman; formerly acquired in early 2000s in Belgium; previously in 1970s European collection.