Qigxin: Head of a Heavenly Being
Clay
Qigxin: Head of a Heavenly Being
CHINA, Xinjiang, Bayingolin
This is another of the commonly featured heads found at Qigxin. The eyes are set level and look straight ahead. A differentiating feature of this head is the large floral earring remaining on one of the ears, which is same in design as other accessories found on other statues. The hair is also pulled into a long braid and wound into a topknot. The modeling has been created by the pressure of tools into the clay.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 852.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Qigxin: Head of a Heavenly Being." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 852.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Qigxin: Head of a Heavenly Being" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:852.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Qigxin: Head of a Heavenly Being. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 852).
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