LATE YUAN/EARLY MING DYNASTY
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A STONE HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA
late yuan/early ming dynasty
The oval face carved with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, the hair parted at the centre and adorned with a half-palmette tiara below the conical top-knot, hair strands and long ears incised in low relief, the stone of yellow-brown colour, a few surface abrasions mainly on the back
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, metal stand
late yuan/early ming dynasty
The oval face carved with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, the hair parted at the centre and adorned with a half-palmette tiara below the conical top-knot, hair strands and long ears incised in low relief, the stone of yellow-brown colour, a few surface abrasions mainly on the back
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, metal stand