Shengjinkou: Head of a Heavenly Being
Clay
Shengjinkou: Head of a Heavenly Being
CHINA, Xinjiang, Turpan
The heavenly being has wide eyes and well-defined eyebrows, and a small, bow-shaped mouth. The chin is rounded and gives the impression of a double chin often produced by the use of a face mold with the clay. Some of the features have been painted on rather than molded, and have an Indo-Iranian look typically found on artifacts discovered from Central Asian monasteries from around the 8th to 9th century. The headdress of the figure is damaged but floral patterns on the inner folds can still be seen.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 1055.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Shengjinkou: Head of a Heavenly Being." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 1055.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Shengjinkou: Head of a Heavenly Being" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:1055.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Shengjinkou: Head of a Heavenly Being. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 1055).
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