Domoko: Head of a Bodhisattva
Clay
Domoko: Head of a Bodhisattva
CHINA, Xinjiang, Hotan
The Bodhisattva’s symmetrically arranged hair was pre-molded and later applied to the head. The style is similar to several other heads discovered in Central Asia in which the hair is pulled back and wound with cloth before being pulled behind the head to create a topknot. The facial features were created by the use of a face mold and accentuated by paint. The face has a rounded chin that gives the impression of a double chin running directly into the line of the neck. The small ears were molded and later fixed onto the head.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 298.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Domoko: Head of a Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 298.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Domoko: Head of a Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:298.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Domoko: Head of a Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 298).
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