Headrest
Soapstone
Headrest (back)
Headrest
CHINA; Sui to Tang dynasty
This rare offering of a soapstone headrest is in the form of a rectangular cuboid with a slightly concave upper surface. One face contains reliefs of two seated lions with long manes, tails raised, and mouths wide open. They appear brave, majestic, and formidable. The opposite side features a relief of two dragons facing one another with tails rising upward. Each end has reliefs of auspicious creatures, and all sides are bordered by floral patterns.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 121.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Headrest." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 121.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Headrest" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:121.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Headrest. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 121).
@misc{Hsingyun2016,
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youji and Pokorski, Stefanie and Mankuang and Fan, Wen,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts },
pages = 121,
title = {{Headrest}},
volume = 18,
year = {2016}}
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youji and Pokorski, Stefanie and Mankuang and Fan, Wen,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts },
pages = 121,
title = {{Headrest}},
volume = 18,
year = {2016}}