An extremely rare large limestone head of a bodhisattva Sui dynasty | 隋 石灰岩加彩菩薩頭像

Property from an Important Private Asian Collection

An extremely rare large limestone head of a bodhisattva

Sui dynasty

重要亞洲私人收藏

隋 石灰岩加彩菩薩頭像

the softly rounded face gracefully carved and framed by arched brows extending to a refined aquiline nose, eyes gently cast down above full cheeks and a delicately formed mouth, the gaze half closed in an expression of quiet contemplation, the elegantly coiffed hair in layers of looped sections with thick strands trailing around the well-formed ears over pierced elongated lobes and gathered high into a double chignon at the crown, the hairstyle decorated with a Dharma wheel painted with traces of gilt above a bed of crimson-painted curlicues, accompanied by further carved florets to either side, the stone smooth with areas of darker patination, wood stand

36 cm