Skip to main content

MAS.452

stucco

Overview

show / hide Overview

Title

Stucco relief Bodhisattva head.

Date

600 to 799

Measurement

height 21 centimetres

Material

stucco

Language / script

not applicable

Subject

Buddhism

Description

Scope and content : Dar. 008. Stucco relief fr., head. L. ear, part of L. eye, and points of nose and chin knocked off; also upper part of head-dress (which was that of Mi. xi. 002). Plentiful remains of paint. Flesh brown, head-dress yellow and red. Face and nose outlined by red line. Lips and line marking upper end of eyelids, red. Eyelashes, pupils, and eyebrows, black; hair black. Long ears with ear-rings, broken. Bad example of type of head common in Mi. stucco reliefs (e.g. Mi. xi. 002). Clay over clay and fibre backing; hollow to take core. Chin to crown 5½″. Pl. CXXXVIII.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Stein site number

Dar.008

Related items