北齊 彩繪石雕菩薩頭像|Head of a bodhisattva
Unknown
ca. 565–75 · Limestone with pigment · Asian Art
This head once belonged to a towering bodhisattva who presided over the entrance to the Central Cave at Northern Xiangtangshan. This site, which consists of only three cave temples with colossal figural sculptures, was once strategically located on the route between the capital at Ye and Jinyang, in Shanxi province. At the beginning of the Northern Qi period, it may have been a place for meditation or other Buddhist activities.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 565–75
- Medium
- Limestone with pigment
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Gift of C. T. Loo, 1951
