A SMALL WHITE MARBLE HEAD OF BUDDHA Tang dynastyPROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTIONA SMALL WHITE MARBLE HEAD OF BUDDHATang dynasty The oval face with fleshy cheeks, a subtly defined chin, full lips, and elongated eyes beneath gently arched eyebrows sweeping toward the nose, the eyelids partially lowered, pendulous ears to either side of the face, the hair carved in wave patterns covering the scalp and ushnisha, the stone an ivory tone with small flecks of gray, mounted on a stand. 3in (7.6cm) highProvenance:Butterfields, San Francisco, early 1980s, by reputeThe Buddha Gallery, Mountain View, circa 1997 to 1999 -