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Buddha Head
Buddha Head
Buddha Head

Buddha Head

Date1279 - 1644
Place of ManufactureAsia
MediumMaterial: limestone;paint
DimensionsOverall (circumference: 133.3): 66 cm
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ART
Credit LineGiven in memory of R.W. Finlayson by the Finlayson family
Object number1984.034.001
Descriptiongrey, blue & brown; head of Buddha, cut from full figure just below chin; face round with full cheeks, well delineated features; brows, half circle shape; eyes, slightly open; mouth, curved in faint smile; ears, large with solid pendulous lobes; hair, cap-like; prominent tapering ushnisha; hair & ushnisha patterned with raised, spiral snail-shell curls; traces of blue pigment on hair & brown pigment on nape of neck
Status
Not on view
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