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A MARBLE HEAD OF BUDDHA
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
Details
A MARBLE HEAD OF BUDDHA
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
The face sensitively carved with delicate features, the full lips set in a beatific smile, the broad forehead centered by a recessed urna, the hair gathered in a bun on top of the head fronted by the domed ovoid usnisa, the crystalline matrix of the stone visible under the traces of pigment
9½ in. (24 cm.) high, metal stand
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
The face sensitively carved with delicate features, the full lips set in a beatific smile, the broad forehead centered by a recessed urna, the hair gathered in a bun on top of the head fronted by the domed ovoid usnisa, the crystalline matrix of the stone visible under the traces of pigment
9½ in. (24 cm.) high, metal stand
Provenance
Christie's, London, 12 December 1988, lot 185.
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