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The present head with its fine features and youthful appearance, its fleshy lips recessed into rounded
cheeks, its cheek bones only subtly indicated, and its head covered with even curls of hair, exudes
a strong notion of calm and serenity and stands in the classic tradition of Tang Buddhist imagery.
Comparable Tang heads that are extant are generally much smaller, but in addition differ in their
physique, typically showing a more plump, squared face. Such heads, which suggest an older deity, can
be seen, for example, on seated Buddha figures from the Longmen Caves Research Institute, attributed
to the reign of the Empress Wu (r. 690-705) in the early 8th century, included in the exhibition Ryūmon
sekkutsu/Longmen Caves, The Miho Museum, Shigaraki, 2001, cat. nos 29 and 43, one illustrated again,
together with a third related figure, in Zhongguo meishu quanji: Diaosu bian [Complete series on Chinese
art: Sculpture section], vol. 11, Shanghai, 1988, pls 195 and 196. A similar head is also in the Asian Art
Museum of San Francisco, illustrated in René-Yvon Lefebvre d’Argencé, Chinese Ceramics in the Avery
Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1967, cat. no. 109.

᱙׼䑗᐀㇫㉝喑㛶䵝ీ⒑喑䰆਴䅽␬喑䵝俕ײ䯞♣ 乕喑ԎἯ喑2001Ꭱ喑㌕㮌29ࣷ43喑͓䐶᫩Ȩ͚స
ज㺸喑␬㳧倛喑⅐䴨Ꭰহ䲉䀽喑Ͱ਽А҈׼ڥಸȡ 㒻㶀ڕ䯳喟䰂ൾ㌕ȩ喑ࢤ11喑̷⊤喑1988Ꭱ喑ృ
जࣰ㔰⤫ႅ҉Ҹ᪥ᄷ喑ᅧᄥ䐰ᄼ喑䕍ಸϓᰶⰥ⪝͸ ❵195ࣷ196喑हᰥ͓䐶ओ̭Ҹȡں℁̭Ҹ喑㫼㜷
㮂喑䲏ᒏ็䐰䅽␬͓ॵ᫦ᒏ喑͓́็◧Ꭱ䪤ᒏ׼喑 䛾ᆞϋ≟㬊㶀ࢇ➖乕喑䐶᫩ René Yvon Lefebvre
ຯ咺䪭ⴠ⿌ⵁ⾣䮏ᩣ㫼̭౽׼Ҹ喑᫤Аژ̓㈭݊Ƞ dăArgencé喑ȨChinese Ceramics in the Avery
ₓݴ๖᭯᱌喑ᰫᆂ᫩Ȩ咺䪭ⴠ⿌ᆂȩ喑㒻⻭㒻㶀 Brundage Collectionȩ喑㜷䛾ᆞ喑1967Ꭱ喑㌕㮌
109ȡ

Fig. 1 A large marble free-standing standing Buddha, Northern Qi dynasty © The Nezu Museum.
ృ̭ ࡄ呷 ๔⤳ⴠ䰂҈⿸׼ ᵦ≒㒻㶀乕 Პϙ 乕㫼㌕㮌20070

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