Tumxuk: Head of a Buddha
Wood
Tumxuk: Head of a Buddha
CHINA, Xinjiang, Tumxuk
Discovered at Tumxuk, this artwork shows a gilded head with similar features to those from the area modeled in clay. Crescent eyebrows dip to define a broad nose above a small mouth and prominent chin. The heavy-lidded eyes are downcast. Snail-shell curls build to a rounded usnisa and the hollow placed mid-forehead retains the shape of the jeweled urna. The remaining ear is set well back and its extended lobe is hollowed for the reception of a jeweled ornament.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1258.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Tumxuk: Head of a Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1258.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Tumxuk: Head of a Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1258.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Tumxuk: Head of a Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1258).
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