菩薩像頭部ぼさつぞうとうぶ

  • 奉先寺遺跡出土
  • 唐時代
  • 石灰石
  • H-22.3
  • 所蔵
    龍門石窟研究所蔵

石灰石/奉先寺遺跡出土 唐時代/高22.3 cm/龍門石窟研究所蔵
大きな宝髻を結い、その正面に縦型の長楕円形の周囲に連珠文を巡らせた飾りを着けている。鼻先を欠いているものの、ふくよかな頬と小さな顎をもつ顔の表現は、目鼻の釣り合いも良く美しい。則天武后期、7世紀の末から8世紀初頭頃の制作であろう。

Catalogue Entry

Limestone/ Excavated from the Fengxiansi Temple Site, Tang dynasty/
H. 22.3 cm/ Longmen Caves Research Institute
The hair is bound into a large jeweled topknot decorated on the front with a vertically arranged oval surrounded by a beaded design. The tip of the nose is missing, and the cheeks and chin are plump. The eye-nose proportions are good and beautiful. This work was probably created during the Dowager Empress Wu period from the end of the 7th century through the beginning of the 8th century.