Tuokuzisalai Hall I: Head of a Bodhisattva
Clay
Tuokuzisalai Hall I: Head of a Bodhisattva
CHINA, Xinjiang, Kashgar
This piece of sculpture was found at Tuokuzisalai Hall I. A thin coating of paint still exists on the smooth surface of the Bodhisattva’s face that was created with a mold. The face includes arched eyebrows sweeping downward to define the straight line of the nose above a smiling dimpled mouth. Long locks of hair hang from the brow, beneath which the ears are inset. The sculpture has many features characteristic of Central Asia works, including a slightly plump face, the leveled gaze of the eyes, and the gentle undulation of the facial features.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1266.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Tuokuzisalai Hall I: Head of a Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1266.
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, 13:1266.
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. 1266).
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