Lot 290. A fine large and rare stone head of Buddha Shakyamuni, Tang dynasty (618-907). H. 43 cm. Sold: €10 000 (Estimate €12 000- €18 000). Photo Nagel Auction.

The Buddha head sculpted with a serene facial expression showing downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, urna cavity originally set with a bead, slightly puffy cheeks, finely carved smiling lips, elongated earlobes and the curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha, the reverse with rectangular hole for a bracket insert. Nose partially restored, partly chipped.

Provenance: - From the estate of the collection of the Berlin publisher Dr. Otto Eyssler (1861 - 1927),
- His estate auctioned by Internationales Auktionshaus Berlin, published 19.5.1930, lot 722,
- Old South German private collection, received through inheritance in the 1950s.

Fine Asian Art - Day I by Nagel Auction, June 12, 2023 • Stuttgart, Germany