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A painted wooden sculpture of a head that is facing the viewer. The head is tilted to the right and is round in shape. The head has long earlobes and wears a black headdress.

Head of a Bodhisattva

d. 1057

Attributed to Jōchō

Japanese

Japanese cypress wood with traces of lacquer polychromy

Heian period, 794-1185

Sculpture