Tuokuzisalai Hall N: Head of a Monk
Clay
Tuokuzisalai Hall N: Head of a Monk
CHINA, Xinjiang, Kashgar
The sculpture from Tuokuzisalai Hall N is believed to represent a monk with a shaven head. As with other artifacts from the region, the face was cast from a mold, the impression of which is plainly visible around the edge of the piece. The line of the nose is out of center, and the remaining ear is set back on the head. The longer line of the lower lip appears to be a feature of the people living in the area at the time and is found in heads from neighboring Tuokuzisalai.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1267.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Tuokuzisalai Hall N: Head of a Monk." 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 N: Head of a Monk" 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 N: Head of a Monk. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1267).
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