A FINE WOOD HEAD OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Estimated Value:

10.000 € - 15.000 €

Schätzpreis:

8.500 €

Description:

China, Ming dynasty, c. 15ht c.
H. 34,5 (47) cm
The head finely sculpted with a serene expression showing painted downcast eyes below slightly arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, puffy cheeks, smiling lips, scalloped-shaped ears with elongated lobes, the curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a lotus bud, traces of dark-blue pigments, the reverse of head with old inventory number 94. Mounted on a stone plinth.
Old Bavarian private property, from the collection of H.K.H. Joseph Clemens Prince of Bavaria (1902 - 1990), acquired, old numbering 94 on the reverse - Minor damages due to age, age cracks

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