Notice the shadow this sculpture casts on the wall. Doesn’t it look like the heads of the surrounding buddhas? It has the ears, neck, and ushnisha (the bun of hair on buddha’s head).

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Notice the shadow this sculpture casts on the wall. Doesn’t it look like the heads of the surrounding buddhas? It has the ears, neck, and ushnisha (the bun of hair on buddha’s head).

Male Reliquary Figure

South & Southeast Asia: Frank & Rosemary Ball Gallery»

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