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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionChinese Collection Object numberNU50062-0 TitleHead of a Bodhisattva (1 set) DescriptionWHITE MARBLE HEAD OF BODHISATTVA in high relief, on a roughly oblong block, evidently hacked from a much larger block -- may be a stele; in this case only the head is intact together with part of the shoulders, slightly turned right, a plumbish female face, typical of mid-Tang sculpture of this class, with closed slanting eyes and full lips, an enigmatic expression on the face, framed by rolls of hair gathered backwards and upwards into a bun tied with a floral diadam in front and pendulant ribbons at the sides only that part down the left is visible; the edges of the base are jaded. Production placeCraft Object categoryMiscellaneous MaterialWhite marble Dimensions H: 16 cm L: 13 cm W: 4 cm

Object numberNU50062-0

TitleHead of a Bodhisattva (1 set)

DescriptionWHITE MARBLE HEAD OF BODHISATTVA in high relief, on a roughly oblong block, evidently hacked from a much larger block -- may be a stele; in this case only the head is intact together with part of the shoulders, slightly turned right, a plumbish female face, typical of mid-Tang sculpture of this class, with closed slanting eyes and full lips, an enigmatic expression on the face, framed by rolls of hair gathered backwards and upwards into a bun tied with a floral diadam in front and pendulant ribbons at the sides only that part down the left is visible; the edges of the base are jaded.

Production placeCraft

Object categoryMiscellaneous

MaterialWhite marble

Dimensions

H: 16 cm
L: 13 cm
W: 4 cm

Details