AN OVERLIFE SIZE STONE HEAD OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

China, early Ming dynasty, ca- 15th c.
H. 64 cm o. S.
The head of Buddha Shakyamuni is sculpted with a serene facial expression displaying downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, smiling lips, elongated earlobes and his curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha.
Former German private collection, acquired from Ursula Nusser, Munich, 3 April 1998 (invoice available) - Partly chipped, wear