拍品 867
  • 867

清末 / 二十世紀 灰泥加彩佛教人物首像兩件

估價
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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描述

  • Stucco
one the head of a guardian with furrowed brow and protruding inlaid eyes, framed by long-lobed ears and hair pulled back in a high topknot, painted in russet, blue and black; the other a head of Buddha, the round face with inlaid black glass eyes and an urna between slender arched brows, framed by long-lobed ears and an ushnisha covered in conical spirals, painted in russet, red, black and white, both mounted on stands (2)

來源

Pao & Moltke, Toronto.

Condition

The guardian head with paint peeling off face, neck, ears, and hair; headband broken and parts missing; right eye shattered; cracks and chips throughout. The Buddha head with a chips to the nose (in-painted), ears, and hair ornament; flakes to the russet pigment flaking; and some hair curls missing.
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