18/11/2023
A LARGE CAST-IRON HEAD OF VAIROCANA
Late Yuan/early Ming
元/明早期 鐵鑄毘盧遮那佛首
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Well cast, with a meditative expression, with half-open downcast eyes below high arched brows, the small nose over small pursed lips, flanked by large earlobes, hair neatly parted and arranged in fine stands, wearing an elaborate five-pointed crown centering on an image of the seated Buddha.
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Provenance:
Collection of Prof. Ruth Altheim-Stiehl (1926-2023), Münster, acquired by her father in Berlin between 1920 and 1930 (by repute).
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#元朝 #明朝 #古
