Caption

Buddha head — fragment of a sculpture; creator, Buddhist art, Buddhism, Southeast Asian/Thai art; statue fragment showing ushnisha and head; figurine; provenance, 12th–19th century; height 11.5 cm, diameter 9.0 cm., A sculpted head of a figure shown in profile mounted on a vertical rod and a square block base, with textured hair composed of small rounded curls and a smooth face with stylized features including a closed eye, a defined nose, and a small mouth; the sculpture shows areas of wear and roughness around the ear and lower neck. The visible colors include dark brown and bronze tones on the head, darker almost black areas in the hair, a green and white marbled pattern on the square base, and a neutral light gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A29_483

License type

Rights managed

Available size

74.1Mb (1.6Mb) / 14.4in x 20.0in / 4316 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Buddha head fragment sculpture creator Buddhist art Buddhism Southeast Asian Thai art statue fragment showing ushnisha head figurine provenance 12th–19th century height 11.5 cm diameter 9.0 cm sculpted head figure shown profile mounted vertical rod square block base textured hair composed small rounded curls smooth face stylized features closed eye defined nose small mouth areas wear roughness ear lower neck visible colors include dark brown bronze tones darker almost black areas green white marbled pattern square base neutral light gray background.