TANG DYNASTY OR POSSIBLY EARLIER

A related and probably contemporary 'head of a youthful Buddha' from the late 6th century Xiangtang Caves in the south of Hebei Province can be seen in the von der Heydt Collection, cf. O.Sirén, the von der Heydt Collection in the Museum Rietberg, Zurich, 1959, Catalogue, no.35, p.109