TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

The full, rounded face and carving of the facial features of the present head, with its pursed mouth with full lips, obliquely cut eyes and curved brows, are comparable to bodhisattva heads of Tang date.

Compare an example illustrated in Chinese Buddhist Sculpture From The Wei Through The T'ang Dynasties, National Museum of History, Taiwan, 1983, no. 30, p. 173