拍品 49
49
A GREY STONE HEAD OF GUANYIN
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A GREY STONE HEAD OF GUANYIN

TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

細節
A GREY STONE HEAD OF GUANYIN
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
With serene expression and downcast eyes, the hair pulled up in a chignon, her headdress carved with a seated deity amongst scrolling foliage
13½ in. (34.3 cm.) high

拍品專文

The full, rounded face and carving of the facial features of the present head, with its pursed mouth with full lips, obliquely cut eyes and curved brows, are comparable to bodhisattva heads of Tang date.

Compare an example illustrated in Chinese Buddhist Sculpture From The Wei Through The T'ang Dynasties, National Museum of History, Taiwan, 1983, no. 30, p. 173