Head of Buddha Andesite Java, Central Javanese Period The gracefully modeled head of the Buddha, his full, rounded face with downcast eyes, aquiline nose and soft, gently smiling lips bearing a bearing a deeply meditative expression, his hair arranged in large, flat curls over his head with its low domed ushnisha. The Buddha’s ushnisha or cranial protuberance as well as his elongated earlobes are lakshanas or iconographic markers establishing his status as a supramundane being. The ushnisha indicates his superior knowledge while the empty earlobes, elongated under the weight of jewelry now discarded, refer to the princely life that he renounced in his quest for Truth. Height: 14 1/2 in (36.8 cm) 9th century
Head of Buddha Andesite Java, Central Javanese Period The gracefully modeled head of the Buddha, his full, rounded face with downcast eyes, aquiline nose and soft, gently smiling lips bearing a bearing a deeply meditative expression, his hair arranged in large, flat curls over his head with its low domed ushnisha. The Buddha’s ushnisha or cranial protuberance as well as his elongated earlobes are lakshanas or iconographic markers establishing his status as a supramundane being. The ushnisha indicates his superior knowledge while the empty earlobes, elongated under the weight of jewelry now discarded, refer to the princely life that he renounced in his quest for Truth. Height: 14 1/2 in (36.8 cm) 9th century
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