Qigxin: Head of a Bodhisattva
Clay
Qigxin: Head of a Bodhisattva
CHINA, Xinjiang, Bayingolin
This is one of the several heads from the Qigxin site that have been described as balloon-like. A small portion of the right shoulder has survived here, showing that the figure had long wavy hair wound into a flat topknot and flowing down in a profusion of ringlets. The face is very broad and the neck appears hidden by a double chin. The enigmatic facial features include fine eyebrows that run into and define the line of the nose, long narrow eyes and a small bow-like mouth set into a hollow of the cheeks. The bust was made by coating clay around a straw mold and applying a facial mold over it to create the features.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 851.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Qigxin: Head of a Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 851.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Qigxin: Head of a Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:851.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Qigxin: Head of a Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 851).
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