CHINESE STONE BUDDHA HEAD

Listed from Philip Stites Antiques & 20th Century. Price and availability may change; verify details with the dealer.

About

of fully realized realistic form, with serene expression, downward cast slightly closed eyes, elongated eyelids underneath arched eyebrows, a slender pointed nose, large pendulous ears and a mouth with cupid bow lips, the hair carved in neatly arranged rows of tightly rolled curls; the whole in uniform grey coloured stone with encrustations of hard earth and now raised on tapered square section stone plinth 19th Century - possibly earlier - both the type of carving and the general style of this headis very close to sculptures from Qingzhou, in Shandong province, exhibited at the Rietberg Museum in Zurich and the Royal Academy in London Overall

Details

Category

Art

Type

Sculpture

Merchandise

Vintage

Materials

Stone

Colors

Gray

Dimensions

head only: 9 1/2” × 9 1/2” × 12” high Plinth: 8” × 8” × 3 1/2” high Total height: 15” Download Tearsheet

Dealer

Philip Stites Antiques & 20th Century, Los Angeles

Availability

Available