Crowned head of a bodhisattva
| Accession Nr.: | 50.58.1 |
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| Type: | statuette |
| Date of production: |
4th-6th c.
Gandhara art |
| Place of production: | |
| Acquisition: | donation of Imre Schwaiger |
| Materials: | stucco |
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| Techniques: | hand shaped; moulded |
| Dimensions: | height: 9 cm width: 6 cm depth: 4.7 cm |
A unique bodhisattva head of outstanding beauty. The forehead mark is painted in the form of a third eye. He wears an unusual headdress on his head. His right ear is broken, but on the left, the earlobe is elongated. His facial expression is transcendent, meditative, introspective.
