Tuokuzisalai Hall I: Head of a Bodhisattva
Clay
Tuokuzisalai Hall I: Head of a Bodhisattva
CHINA, Xinjiang, Kashgar
This is another fragment from a mural, with the face produced by the use of a mold. The hair has been added high on the head, giving a broad brow. It has been carefully arranged to give the impression of hair that has been braided and wound into a neat circular topknot. The ears have not been applied directly onto the hair unlike other examples. The clay has instead been hollowed to insert the ears for a more natural effect. The head is positioned to show a frontal view of the face with lips slightly parted in a smile that shows the teeth.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1265.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Tuokuzisalai Hall I: Head of a Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1265.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Tuokuzisalai Hall I: Head of a Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1265.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Tuokuzisalai Hall I: Head of a Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1265).
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