Caption

Head of Buddha, sculptor, Chinese; culture: Chinese; dynasties/styles: Qing 1644–1911, Song 960–1279; subject/iconography: Buddha ca. 560–480 BCE, ushnisha; Song-style sculpture; dated 19th/20th century; place of origin: China; medium: sculpture; height: 38.0 cm, A weathered stone sculpture of a head sits on a square stone base against a gradient dark gray to lighter gray background, showing a rounded topknot and stylized hair. The face is rounded with closed or softly downcast eyes, a broad nose, and a subtle smiling mouth; ears with carved inner details are visible at the sides. The stone surface is textured and pitted, with colors of gray, beige, and muted brown throughout, and the base shows sandy beige tones while the supporting surface below is dark gray to black.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A28_142

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Rights managed

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77.2Mb (2.2Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Head Buddha sculptor Chinese culture dynasties styles Qing 1644–1911 Song 960–1279 subject iconography Buddha ca 560–480 Bce ushnisha Song-style sculpture dated 19th 20th century place origin China medium sculpture height 38.0 cm weathered stone head sits square base gradient dark gray lighter gray background showing rounded topknot stylized hair face rounded closed softly downcast eyes broad nose subtle smiling mouth ears carved inner details visible sides stone surface textured pitted colors beige muted brown sandy beige tones supporting surface dark gray black.