Head of Mahakasyapa
Wood
Head of Mahakasyapa
CHINA; Tang dynasty
Mahakasyapa is depicted with a furrowed brow and deeply recessed eyes framed under arched eyebrows. The face is smiling and wrinkles can be seen around the corners of the mouth. The tendons of the neck are prominent, adding to the realism. The long earlobes have been hollowed to take earrings. Age has cracked the wood from which the head was carved, but traces of linen and paint are still present, though time has turned them a reddish-brown.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 421.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Head of Mahakasyapa." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 421.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Head of Mahakasyapa" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:421.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Head of Mahakasyapa. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 421).
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