A WHITE MARBLE HEAD OF BUDDHA

NORTHERN QI/SUI DYNASTY

細節

A WHITE MARBLE HEAD OF BUDDHA
Northern Qi/Sui Dynasty
The smooth face finely carved with crisply-defined mouth, straight nose, slightly open eyes and gently curved brows creating a sensitive expression below the elegant waves of the hair, with a circular swirl above the forehead and another on the top of the usnisa, the stone of ivory tone
10in. (25.4cm.) high, stand

來源

C.T. Loo, Paris, by repute

拍品專文

The large rounded usnisa and flattened spiral or curvilinear style of the hair is a feature found on figures of Northern Qi date such as the white marble figure of Buddha illustrated by Oswald Sirn, Chinese Sculpture, rev. ed., Thailand, 1998, vol.I, pl. 253 and the figure of Buddha illustrated in the Catalogue for the exhibition, The Art of Contemplation - Religious Sculpture from Private Collections, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1997, pp. 94-95, pl. 22. Compare, also, the head of Buddha, without the rounded usnisa but with similar waves and similar facial features, also included in the exhibition and illustrated ibid., p. 138, pl. 43. The slightly more extreme curving slant of the eyes, sensual mouth and small dimpled chin are quite similar to those of a head of a bodhisattva dated Sui, illustrated ibid., p. 165, pl. 62.