Small stucco Buddha head, China, Ming period (1368-1644) It features a serene face with full, peaceful features, half-closed eyes inlaid with black stone, emphasized by fine almond-shaped eyelids expressing a meditative expression, arched eyebrows, forehead marked by a central hollow evoking the urna formerly inlaid with a stone, short, straight nose, the small mouth with fleshy lips giving a slight smile, the elongated ears with stretched lobes falling back along the cheeks, the hair organized in small spiral outgrowths arranged in regular rows forming a domed headdress culminating at the ushnisha, the whole resting on a short cylindrical neck. The surface shows an extensive network of cracks and alterations in the slip, revealing the base material. Height : 17 cm Misses. Base.