Buddha's Head - Stone - Mongolia - Ancient Asian art

Old Buddha head apparently from a stone high relief or a backing-statuette. The face, with a calm, serene, and even somewhat enigmatic expression, shows traces of polychromy and gilding.
Although the centuries have done their work and left their mark, this face bears features typical of North Asian populations: almond-shaped eyes, high cheekbones, full cheeks, a slightly flat nose, full lips. These observations, however, do not allow precise attribution to a style or period; experts who have examined the object agree to date it to the 18th century, notably in view of elements such as the tightly curled hairstyle or the band that circles the forehead. So many details are difficult to view and interpret in photos but clearer in reality. The ushnisha is absent, but it does not seem to have been damaged. The remnants of paint (the hairstyle) and gilding are original; nothing has been modified or restored. The small head is sold with its support.
Although this very beautiful face is a fragment of a very ancient statuette from which it was detached, probably without gentleness, there is no sign of tearing by force, blows, scratches, or sawing, which contributes to the sense of peace it exudes.
In short, it is a small object in size, but its presence and radiance are all the more striking.