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SONG/YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY
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A Cast-Iron Head of Buddha
Song/Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century
Cast in the round, the face with contemplative expression, with an arch in thin thread relief defining the top of each eye lid below the similar thread-relief arch of the brows, with a recessed urna, the hair in spiral curls surrounding the pierced usnisa, the back of the head plain, with traces of white pigment
13in. (33cm.) high, wood stand
Falk Collection no. 563.
Song/Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century
Cast in the round, the face with contemplative expression, with an arch in thin thread relief defining the top of each eye lid below the similar thread-relief arch of the brows, with a recessed urna, the hair in spiral curls surrounding the pierced usnisa, the back of the head plain, with traces of white pigment
13in. (33cm.) high, wood stand
Falk Collection no. 563.