唐 天龍山第21窟 彩繪石雕菩薩頭像（砂岩）|Head of a Bodhisattva
Unknown
ca. 710 · Sandstone with pigment · Asian Art
This head once belonged to an attendant bodhisattva, which had been carved into the back wall of Cave 21 at Tianlongshan, a small complex consisting of twenty-four cave shrines and a wooden temple. Located about twenty-five miles southwest of Taiyuan, in Shanxi province, Tianlongshan opened in the mid-sixth century and was revived in the early eighth century. The history of the site is recorded on a large stone stele, erected in 706 by a General Xun and his wife, who were visiting the site at that time.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 710
- Medium
- Sandstone with pigment
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1942
