Possibly Tang dynasty and later, comprising a grey stone head of a Buddha on later wood stand; a white marble small head of a bodhisattva with traces of pigment on later wood stand; and a white marble head, possibly a Daoist deity, on later acrylic stand.

H: 5 1/8 in. (largest head, without stand)

PROVENANCE:

Property from a private collection, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

NOTE:

See a Tang dynasty sculpture of a Universal Buddha from the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, illustrated in Jackie Menzies, editor, "Buddha, Radiant Awakening," Sydney, 2001, p. 79, no. 53, with similar facial features to the third head