Lot Essay
A bust of Buddha with similar features to the present lot is illustrated in d'Argence and Turner eds., The Avery Bundage Collection: Chinese, Korean and Japanese Sculpture, Japan, 1973, pl. 163
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MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
Details
A VERY LARGE IRON HEAD OF THE BUDDHA
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Cast with a calm and serene expression with downcast, tear-shaped eyes and full lips between ears with distended lobes, the forehead inset with a (later) glass bead urna, the hair in tight conical curls with a bald patch below the usnisa, the iron with a dark brown patina, casting flaws in the hair, on plinth
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Cast with a calm and serene expression with downcast, tear-shaped eyes and full lips between ears with distended lobes, the forehead inset with a (later) glass bead urna, the hair in tight conical curls with a bald patch below the usnisa, the iron with a dark brown patina, casting flaws in the hair, on plinth
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high
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