21 / 31 BUDA OR BODHISATTVA Stone China, Sui Dynasty (561-618) Stone sculpture of the Buddha or of a Bodhisattva. The head which is missing would provide the visual clues to identify the nature of the deity. The figure wears a pleated monastic robe with long sleeves. Sui period sculptures, as the present example, display a degree of realism and accuracy of body proportions absent in sculpture of earlier periods although the figure retains an obvious frontality and stiffness.
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