Head of a Bodhisattva

75–early 100s CE
Overall: 50.8 x 25.4 cm (20 x 10 in.)
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This monumental male head must have originally belonged to a larger-than-life Bodhisattva image. The imposing turban is of the type worn by royalty, divinities, and nobility during the Kushan period from the first through third century. The round, fleshy face, heightened by a subtle smile, retains the powerful quality of early Kushan and pre-Kushan images of nature divinities, known as yakshas.
Head of a Bodhisattva

Head of a Bodhisattva

75–early 100s CE

India, Mathura, Kushan period

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