An important and rare carved limestone head of Buddha China, Tang Dynasty, 7th / 8th Century, Longmen Caves carved from grey oolithic limestone in full rounded volumes, the oval face with slender bow-shaped eyes with bulging eyelids below evenly arching brows issuing from the broad nose, with a small bud mouth of full lips with lightly incised trim above a broad double-chin and traces of a thick rounded neck, all below the hair and domed ushnisha indicated in rounded lobes radiating from a pyramid of three triple-armed whorls, the surface of the hair animated with incised combed lines and rhythmic waves, beneath ample traces of a whitish pigment ground (stand) 14 1/8 in., 35.8cm
An important and rare carved limestone head of Buddha China, Tang Dynasty, 7th / 8th Century, Longmen Caves carved from grey oolithic limestone in full rounded volumes, the oval face with slender bow-shaped eyes with bulging eyelids below evenly arching brows issuing from the broad nose, with a small bud mouth of full lips with lightly incised trim above a broad double-chin and traces of a thick rounded neck, all below the hair and domed ushnisha indicated in rounded lobes radiating from a pyramid of three triple-armed whorls, the surface of the hair animated with incised combed lines and rhythmic waves, beneath ample traces of a whitish pigment ground (stand) 14 1/8 in., 35.8cm
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