• Dimension: Head Height: 12 in (30.5 cm) Width: 11 in (27.9 cm)
• Estimate From: $6000
• Estimate To: $8000

Chinese. The rounded face gracefully carved and framed by arched brows, eyes gently cast down half closed in an expression of quiet contemplation, above full cheeks and a delicately formed mouth, framed by a pair of pendulous earlobes, the hair arranged with curled strands forming a domed ushnisha, he gray stone of a smooth dark brown patina. Sui or Tang Dynasty period.

此石灰岩佛有漩渦髮型，高肉髻，臉龐圓潤飽滿，眼呈俯視之態，眼瞼微合，神態自信沉著，若從仰視的角度觀看，佛的容顏就變得更溫和親切，實可為原設計之本意，體現了唐代造像高超的寫實雕刻水平。可參考類似舊金山亞太博物館藏唐代佛首。 來源: 约1980年代購於新澤西州家族遺產拍賣, 紐約重要收藏家提供
Provenance: Property from an important private collection in New York City, acquired from private estate sale in New Jersey in the 1980s