Lot 202 , A Chinese carved white marble head of Buddha, Tang dynasty (618-907 AD), 16 cm high excluding later stand, old repairs

A Chinese carved white marble head of Buddha, Tang dynasty (618-907 AD), 16 cm high excluding later stand, old repairs

A Chinese carved white marble head of Buddha, Tang dynasty (618-907 AD),
Provenance - purchased by the owner from Jonathan Tucker & Antonia Tozer Asian Art, 37 Bury Street, St James’, London, November 2003 Exhibition ‘Radiance from the East’, catalogue No. 4 ‘Head of Buddha’,
16 cm high excluding later stand, old repairs
£6,000-8,000

Condition:
The head has been broken into several sections and repaired with a slight gap obvious running from ear to ear across his forehead, angular section at the neck with specially fitted later wood stand.

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