Monochrome III
Monochrome III
Property of a Gentleman 士紳珍藏
Auction Closed
April 22, 03:40 AM GMT
Estimate
3,000,000 - 5,000,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Gentleman
A superbly carved rare marble fragmentary head of Shakyamuni Buddha
Northern Qi dynasty
士紳珍藏
北齊 大理石釋迦牟尼佛首
sensitively modelled, the benevolent face depicted with a pair of heavily-lidded downcast eyes, an elongated nose flanked by pendulous ears and delicately hemmed lips, all below evenly arched eyebrows, the hair arranged in dense rows of spiral curls rising to a faintly domed ushnisha, stand
27.8 cm