An East Asian Small Carved Stone Head of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara

Korean or Japanese, possibly 13th or 14th century or later in the style, dark black gray stone, carved with a wide round face in slightly flatten manner, with large urna to center of forehead, thick combed hair pulled straight back into a curled chignon with a floriate crown that wraps to back of the head with more floral blooms, presented set into a later wood display stand.


DOA 7 1/4 x 3 x 4 in., Head only 4 1/14 x 2 3/4 x 4 in.

Some areas of weathering to features and dust soiling to crevices; scattered surface losses consistent with age.

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