100-300 AD. Gandharan bronze frieze plaque with Buddha and his followers (?). Buddha, standing in the centre and wearing a simple monastic robe, is flanked by a group of followers. Gandhara was an ancient region in the Peshawar basin in the north-west of the ancient Indian subcontinent (modern north-west Pakistan and South-east Afghanistan). The Kushan period (c. 75-451 AD) of Gandharan art, to which this figure belongs, was the golden age of artistic production in the area. Provenance: Private London collection, formed since the 1980s on the UK and European art market. Size: L:105mm / W:205mm ; 441g