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Head of a Buddha

CHINA; Northern Qi dynasty (550–577); Limestone; H: 40 cm; Rietberg Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
The sculpture is said to have originated from Xiangtangshan Grottoes in Jinzhong, Hebei. The Buddha has curls in the shape of snail-shells that cover a slight usnisa with hardly any gradation. Both eyes of the figure are almost closed beneath eyebrows that were created by simple incisions. The nose widens at the base and the lips of the mouth are thinly molded above the prominent chin.

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