231. GRANDE TÊTE DE VAIROCANA EN FONTE DE FER Dynastie Yuan (1279-1368)/Début de la Dynastie Ming (1368-1644) A LARGE CAST-IRON HEAD OF VAIROCANA Yuan/early Ming Dynasty Well cast, with a meditative expression, with half-open downcast eyes below high arched brows, the small nose over small pursed lips, flanked by large earlobes, hair neatly parted and arranged in fine stands, wearing an elaborate five-pointed crown centering on an image of the seated Buddha, stand. 40cm (15 3/4in) high. (without stand) (2). 元/明早期 鐵鑄毘盧遮那佛首 Provenance: Collection of Prof. Ruth Altheim-Stiehl (1926-2023), Münster, acquired by her father in Berlin between 1920 and 1930 (by repute) 來源： 明斯特Prof. Ruth Altheim-Stiehl (1926-2023)珍藏，其父於1920年至1930年間得自柏林（傳）