HEAD OF BODHISATTVA
Bronze with Silver and Stones inset
Tibet , 14th to 15th century
Weight: 2527 grams
Dimensions: 25 x 16 x 12 cm
A wonderful head of a Bodhisattva attached to a rod. The face is round and fleshy with smiling lips, downcast eyes, thin eyebrows and a small dot as third eye. The elongated earlobes are decorated with flower earrings, the hair can be seen sticking out on the forehead beneath the opulent open-work tiara. The tiara catches most of our attention due to its ornamental details in fine open-work, like many beaded chains, makala faces incorporated into the design as well as the three jewels of Buddhism represented at the top. Seen from the back the thin hairlines are revealed.
