A SUPERBLY CARVED WHITE MARBLE HEAD OF BUDDHA

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A SUPERBLY CARVED WHITE MARBLE HEAD OF BUDDHA
TANG DYNASTY

Deeply carved with hair in swirling curls, the high arched eyebrows above downward looking eyes, with small full lips, well-defined chin, and round cheeks and long ears, the micaceous marble with an even ivory-toned patina--11in. (28cm.) high, stand

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Cf. another similar sculpture from Longmen, Hunan Province in the Avery Brundage Collection, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, illustrated in Chinese, Korean and Japanese Sculpture, Kodansha Series, fig. 106

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