A CERAMIC MEDALLION WITH A PORTRAIT
Gandhara style, yet later - presumably 17th - 19th century. Of circular shape, at the center with a profile of a young man, his face framed by curly hair, all within a beaded border. The reverse with an aperture for suspension.

Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. Istvan Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.
Condition: Good condition, some wear, and soiling.

Weight: 35.4 g
Dimensions: Diameter 4.7 cm