A wood head of Dainichi Nyorai Heian period (794-1185), 10th century Carved from a single block of wood, the face with full lips, a flat, broad nose, bulging eyes, and long open earlobes, the hair in a topknot and finished with a narrow crown of circular beads, with remains of old lacquer undercoat and traces of gilt, set into a modern wood base 15 1/4in (38.7cm) high (head only), 17in (43.1cm) high on stand Fußnoten Published Spink and Son, Ltd., ed., Oriental Art, A Portfolio of Collector's Pieces, London, 1967
A wood head of Dainichi Nyorai Heian period (794-1185), 10th century Carved from a single block of wood, the face with full lips, a flat, broad nose, bulging eyes, and long open earlobes, the hair in a topknot and finished with a narrow crown of circular beads, with remains of old lacquer undercoat and traces of gilt, set into a modern wood base 15 1/4in (38.7cm) high (head only), 17in (43.1cm) high on stand Fußnoten Published Spink and Son, Ltd., ed., Oriental Art, A Portfolio of Collector's Pieces, London, 1967
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