Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of a Bodhisattva

Date

1100s

Medium

wood

Culture

China, reportedly from Henan province, Northern Song (960-1127) to Jin dynasty (1115-1234)

Department

Chinese Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This large head of a Bodhisattva figure, an enlightened being that vowed to help humans on earth, was once part of a monumental sculpture in a public Buddhist setting. The eyes and the hole in the forehead were originally set with semiprecious stones.

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