A WHITE MARBLE HEAD OF BUDDHA

SCULPTURE THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

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A WHITE MARBLE HEAD OF BUDDHA
TANG DYNASTY

The softly rounded face well carved with delicate features set in a gentle expression, the hair carved with a pattern of rough curls rising to cover the large, dome-like usnisa, the white stone now with a mottled buff patina
8¼in. (20.9cm.) high, stand

Lot Essay

Compare the head of the white stone figure unearthed from Shahutuo village, Xi'an, 1973, now in the Xi'an Forest of Stone Tablets Museum, included in the exhibition, Treasures of Chang'an, Hong Kong, October 1993 - January 1994, Catalogue, no. 98