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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A LARGE GREY STONE HEAD OF BUDDHA
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
Details
A LARGE GREY STONE HEAD OF BUDDHA
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The round face well carved with gentle expression, the hair neatly arranged in tight curls around the low, domed usnisa and parted at the forehead above the projecting urna, the full cheeks and fleshy chin framed by large, pendulous ear lobes, the brownish-grey stone with traces of orange, blue, black and white pigment
17½ in. (44.6 cm.) high, stand
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The round face well carved with gentle expression, the hair neatly arranged in tight curls around the low, domed usnisa and parted at the forehead above the projecting urna, the full cheeks and fleshy chin framed by large, pendulous ear lobes, the brownish-grey stone with traces of orange, blue, black and white pigment
17½ in. (44.6 cm.) high, stand
Provenance
Christie's, New York, 20-21 March 1997, lot 358.
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