A GREY LIMESTONE HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA YUAN DYNASTY, 14TH CENTURY

the elongated face depicted with a serene expression with closed eyes below the arched brows, the broad straight nose over the full lips, the forehead decorated with an urna, flanked by long pendulous earlobes adorned with elaborate earrings, the hair neatly drawn back and placed behind a crown centred with a lotus blossom, the stone of a grey colour mottled with darker inclusions and white streaks throughout, stand

A private French collection.

Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond, 1983.