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A GREY LIMESTONE HEAD OF GUANYIN

China, Tang dynasty (618-906). Height 28 cm. 28.0 x 12.0 x 15.0 cm

Starting price:
160 000 CZK / 6 037 EUR

Auction:Asian Works of Art 27/05/2014, 15:00

Head of the stone statue depicting the bodhisattva Guanyin. Her full oval face with a relatively pronounced nose smoothly connected to the tall arched eyebrows. Long eyes are narrowed; short full mouth is heart-shaped. Long ears have noticeably elongated earlobes, the hair is pulled up in a spiral-like chignon. The full face, depiction of the nose, eyes, eyebrows, and the mouth dates this exemplar to the Tang dynasty (618-907).
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