Head of a Buddha, late Gupta period, late 5th–early 6th century, India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura), Red sandstone, H. 10 in. (25.4 cm), Sculpture, This head from a nearly lifesize figure of the Buddha reflects the late Gupta artistic idiom. In an effort to represent the Buddha’s enlightenment and his inward-looking meditative nature, the artist abstracted and idealized his physical features, especially evident in the articulation of the eyes and the intersecting convex planes of his cheeks and forehead
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