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Anguo Temple: Head of a Bodhisattva

CHINA, Shaanxi, Xi'an; Tang dynasty (618–907), 756–846; Marble; H: 15.7 cm; Xi'an Beilin Museum, Shaanxi, China
Most of the artifacts excavated from the ruins of Anguo Temple in 1959 were already damaged, probably because of the destructive Buddhist persecution in 845 under the order of Emperor Wuzong (reigned 840-846).
　 The figure's full face has an urna below the elaborately piled hair with its jeweled decoration and traces of paint. The long eyes are half closed and the eyebrows slender. The nose falls in a straight line above the small mouth. The long ear lobes have been hollowed to accommodate earrings.

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