2nd-3rd century AD. A carved schist figure of bodhisattva Maitreya sitting cross-legged on a rectangular dais, wearing a loose mantle, hands palm-upward in the lap; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Jongeward, D. Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2018, item 78. 2.6 kg total, 28.5cm with stand (11 1/4"). From a private UK collection, acquired on the London art market 1990-2000.