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[nb-NO]Record tools[nb-NO] [nb-NO]Displays[nb-NO]	[nb-NO]Details[nb-NO] Remove from selection Toevoegen aan selectie CollectionChinese Collection [nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]NU50062-0 [nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Head of a Bodhisattva (1 set) [nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]WHITE 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. [nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Craft [nb-NO]Object category[nb-NO]Miscellaneous [nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]White marble [nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO] H: 16 cm L: 13 cm W: 4 cm

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[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]NU50062-0

[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Head of a Bodhisattva (1 set)

[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]WHITE 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.

[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Craft

[nb-NO]Object category[nb-NO]Miscellaneous

[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]White marble

[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]

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