Caption

Head of a monk Buddha?, possibly an arhat/luohan, Chinese, Ming dynasty 1368–1644, 14th–15th century, sculpture, height 11.8 cm, width 9.2 cm, depth 8.7 cm;, Chinese Buddhism iconography., A stone sculpture of a head viewed from the side, mounted on a square base; the sculpture is textured and mottled in shades of brown and gray, with subtle darker and lighter speckles, and the base is a more uniform brown. The background transitions from very dark near the top to a gradient of dark gray and lighter gray toward the bottom, and the surface beneath the base is a pale gray with soft shadowing. The head shows a rounded cranium, a carved ear, and a defined jawline, all in the same brown-gray stone color.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A29_140

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1.3Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Head monk Buddha arhat luohan Chinese Ming dynasty 1368–1644 14th–15th century sculpture height 11.8 cm width 9.2 cm depth 8.7 cm Chinese Buddhism iconography stone sculpture head viewed side mounted square base textured mottled shades brown gray subtle darker lighter speckles base uniform brown background transitions dark near top gradient dark gray lighter gray bottom surface beneath pale gray soft shadowing head rounded cranium carved ear defined jawline brown-gray stone color.