Lot 18
  • 18

A VERY RARE YUNGANG SANDSTONE WALL FRAGMENT OF THE HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, LATE 5TH CENTURY

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Stone
the long face depicted in three-quarter view with a gentle smile and wearing a high pointed lotus-shaped crown, the stone of mottled pale buff tone

Provenance

A Rheinish Collection (formed in the early 20th Century).