Head of a bodhisattva

Object Details

• Description

  Dark gray, fine-grained limestone head of a Bodhisattva. The details of the headdress and the facial features are precisely carved. The face has fine arched eyebrows, elongated eyelids and small full lips. The lobes of the elongated ears are decorated with earrings. The elaborate headdress is ornamented with three tassels hanging from circular bosses.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  A Decade of Discovery: Selected Acquisitions 1970-1980 (November 9, 1979 to May 22, 1980)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Sculpture

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  600s, 500s

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Sui dynasty (581 - 618), Art, Chinese Art, Stone, Bodhisattva

• Culture

  Buddhists, Chinese

• Object Type

  Sculpture