Head of a Buddha
Stucco
Head of a Buddha
PAKISTAN
This type of sculpture, created from stucco and painted, was mass produced in the Gandhara style, but not many remain due to the fragile material of their composition. The Buddha’s head has suffered damage but its survival in such comparatively good condition is remarkable.
The hair, instead of the usual wavy locks or spiral cones, has indentations to represent curls and a half-spherical usnisa is located at the top. The delicate facial features include a wide forehead, long slender eyebrows and eyes that look slightly off to one side. The small pursed mouth is well defined beneath what was probably a high, straight nose.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 418.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Head of a Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 418.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Head of a Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:418.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Head of a Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 418).
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