Head of Buddha Andesite Java, Central Javanese Period

The full, round face of the Buddha depicted in serene mediation, the eyes half closed, the cheeks rounded, his chin clearly defined and with the lips denoted in the usual manner of a thin top lip with a fuller bottom lip forming an almost indiscernible smile, the hair in tight 'snail-shell' curls, rising to form a pointed dome-shaped usnisha.

Jean-Michel Beurdeley, Paris, 1970's

The end of the nose is broken as is the tip of the left earlobe. Otherwise very good condition and no restoration.
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In 8th/9th century Java fabulous and highly accomplished monuments were being built such as Borobudur, Candi Sewu and Candi Mendut etc., strongly suggesting an in-depth knowledge of Indian iconography and ideas. During this t.mes exchanges are documented between learning centers in Indonesia and scholars in Nalanda, the connection being significant enough that a building was erected at this famous university principally to accommodate Indonesian pilgrims. Certainly bronze sculpture from this period indicates the transference of styles and ideas, see Pauline Lunsingh Scheurleer and Marijke J. Klokke, Ancient Indonesian Bronzes, Brill, Netherlands, 1988. This beautiful example has the grace and serenity associated with Buddhist images of this period.