拍品 7
7
A Small Terracotta Head of a Bodhisattva
A Small Terracotta Head of a Bodhisattva

GANDHARA, 4TH/5TH CENTURY

细节
A Small Terracotta Head of a Bodhisattva
Gandhara, 4th/5th Century
The ovoid face finely modeled and adorned with an elaborate headdress with crescent moons and flowerheads, the forehead with a third eye
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
来源
Japanese Collection, 1990's

拍品专文

The 'third eye' is an exceptional feature in the context of Gandharan art. This is an attribute of Avalokiteshvara, as well as of Shiva; compare with a small Gupta terracotta head with similarly modeled third eye at the Museum für Indische Kunst, Berlin, see H. Härtel and W. Lobo, Schätze Indischer Kunst, 1986, cat. no. 40.