A Small Dark Grey Stone Relief Head of a Bodhisattva
A Small Dark Grey Stone Relief Head of a Bodhisattva

NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, LATE 5TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY

细节
A Small Dark Grey Stone Relief Head of a Bodhisattva
Northern Wei dynasty, late 5th-early 6th century
Probably from Longmen, the long face carved with gentle, smiling expression, with small mouth, slightly faceted nose issuing from the crisp curve of the brows, and slightly open eyes, framed by the neat hairline below a tripartite crown, the back roughly sheared
5in. (12.7cm.) high, wood stand
Falk Collection no. 567.
来源
Edward Wells, New York, October 1938.