A CARVED GRANITE ASIAN BUDDHA HEAD
PROPERTY FROM THE MOITA COLLECTION OF GANDHARA ART
Possibly China or Java, Far East Asia, 10th - 11th century

The face carved in full on three sides, with narrowed, almond-shaped eyes, a broad, flattened nose, tight lips, arched eyebrows, the straight hair tied into a bun on top of the usnisa (cranial protuberance), mounted on a later pyramidal wooden base, 36cm high including the base.