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.