拍品 222
222
A Dark Brown Stone Head of a Bodhisattva
A Dark Brown Stone Head of a Bodhisattva

NORTHERN QI/SUI DYNASTY, LATE 6TH CENTURY

细节
A Dark Brown Stone Head of a Bodhisattva
Northern Qi/Sui dynasty, late 6th century
The full rounded face carved with serene expression, heavily lidded eys and small mouth set in a 'mystical' smile, the hair in stylized waves behind an elaborate diadem decorated with beaded swags, tassels and flowers, a recessed urna in the center of the forehead now filled in, the surface with traces of pigment
8in. (20.3cm) high, wood stand
Falk Collection no. 579.

拍品专文

Compare a similar head in the Stoclet Collection, Brussels, illustrated by H.F.E. Visser, Asiatic Art, Amsterdam, 1948, pp. 244-5, pl. 88, no. 161, as Tang period. As with the present head, the elaborate crown is hung with garlands of beads, although the decoration of the crown is different. The features of both faces are very similarly carved.