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A rather closer comparison can be drawn, however, to a rare stylistic predecessor, a large (nearly 3 m
high) free-standing Buddha figure of the Northern Qi period (550-577) in the Nezu Museum of Fine
Arts, Tokyo (fig. 1). The head of that figure, which is over-proportionally large in relation to a body that
is further raised on a pedestal, is probably only slightly smaller in size than the present head. The Nezu
Buddha has very similar fine features, with the eyes opened only to a narrow, elegantly curved slit, the
sharply defined brows forming a triangle above the well-formed nose, and the full lips recessed into the
fleshy cheeks. The face of the Nezu figure suggests the ever so faint smile characteristic of that period;
on the present head, the lips are more pursed, forming a slight pout, as is more typical of the early Tang,
the brows meet the nose at a steeper angle, and the chin is more pointed. While this head clearly seems
to be somewhat later in date, it could be related to the Nezu sculpture in its place of manufacture, which
unfortunately, we do not know.

ओज℁䐰̭㒂Ҹ喑䓾̶ㆠ倅喑䷕ᵩ㜴᱙৮ᰡ◧Ⱕ䓾喑 㾟׼䲏ღ䯞፣〾ᘼ喑ᆙ⪣᭯ڥಸȡ᱙׼ݴୡ਴ᓛஅ喑
᫤Аࡄ呷喑◧⢕⿸䰂׼喑⤫㫼᫩Პϙᵦ≒㒻㶀乕喍ృ ᆙ݊਽䷕ᵩ喑㔹ⰶ℈㜴周䕐ᣒ㮂㻿Ꮣᰡᄼ喑̸䵤ᰡ
̭喎ȡ㾟׼׼仃㜴䏘䏭℁䐰ᰡ䶜ⷖ๔喑ᛶײ℁᱙৮⪒ ⾱喑㜴ᵦ≒㒻㶀乕ᩣ㫼͸Ҹ℁䐰喑ᬻ䶜ᛶ᭯䫀ᰡᮇ喑
ᄼȡ㾟׼㜴᱙৮䑗᐀䲋፥ᣒ䓾喑䰆Ⱋᓛᑢ喑ॵᑻᒏ喑 ♣㔹ږ㔲㸪҉ౝᝃᛶᰶ᝭䬉㖜喑ѳ㜠᫩ڣڤ倁Ѻ᫩҂
ⰶ㌇⌲ݖ喑周ᒏ᠁ᡧ喑ୡ਴䅽␬喑䲏䵝ీ⒑ȡₑใ喑 㮂喑Ⱋݺᅇ᱗जⴒȡ

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