A Chinese Grey Limestone Head of a Buddha, Shandong Province, Northern Qi dynasty, ca. 550 - 577 CE Jewelry - Varia The bowl's interior is decorated

The bowl's interior is decorated in high relief with a crayfish with painted red-brown extended tentacles

acquired mid-20th century

One of the pins has an intentional twist in the body meant to prevent it from slipping

thereafter Henry Anavian

A Chinese Grey Limestone Head of a Buddha, Shandong Province, Northern Qi dynasty, ca. 550 - 577 CE Jewelry - Varia The bowl's interior is decoratedThe serene meditative expression of this sculpture, rendered through the sensitive carving style and harmonious curves, epitomizes the high quality achieved by stone carvers in the Qi Dynasty. The oval face is accentuated with downcast eyes below gracefully arched eyebrows, the serene countenance centered with a pronounced long nose, above a bow shaped mouth, the lips tenderly lifted at the corners in a beatific smile, and framed by a pair of long