Metal sculptures of the Tibetan Imperial period

Fig. 25: Comparison the head of the Bodhisattva in Fig. 22 with :

- Bodhisattva (detail) (upper right), later half of 5th century, Yun-kang caves, China. (after Terukazu Akiyama and Saburō Matsubara. Arts of China 2, Buddhist Cave Temples New Researches. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1969:125);

- Ganyin (detail) (lower right), Sui dynasty, limestone, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, (after McNair A. The Ending of the Law and the Hope of Salvation: Some 6th Century Chinese Buddhist Sculptures in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art," Orientations 39, no.8 (Nov/Dec 2008): 80-84).