Tuokuzisalai Hall I: Head of a Yaksa
Clay
Tuokuzisalai Hall I: Head of a Yaksa
CHINA, Xinjiang, Kashgar
The deep eyebrows knitted into a frown mark this figure as some kind of guardian spirit while characteristics like the pointed tops of the ears and the mustache have led to identification of the head as a yaksa. The mouth is slightly opened to reveal the teeth, adding to the threatening expression. The curling hair is wound round the head in braids, but this area is damaged. The hair may once have continued into an ornamental topknot.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1267.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Tuokuzisalai Hall I: Head of a Yaksa." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1267.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Tuokuzisalai Hall I: Head of a Yaksa" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1267.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Tuokuzisalai Hall I: Head of a Yaksa. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1267).
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