A stucco head of buddha Shakyamuni

Description:

Pakistan, Ancient region of Gandhara, 4th/5th cent.
H. 24,5 cm (o.S.)
His head is modelled with a serene expression, with half-closed eyes under arched eyebrows that fade into the bridge of the nose, smiling lips, broken, lax earlobes and a wavy hairstyle that fades into the ushnisha, on a wooden base.
From the collection of the chemist, engineer and director of Merck & Co. Heinrich Georg Johann Harms (3 Sept. 1906-28 June 1975) and his wife Eva Harms (10 Nov. 1905-13 Oct. 1998), largely collected in Shanghai between 1935 and 1942 - Damages due to age and minor restoration