




A Brass Head with Plaited Topknot, 1770
Brass
200 x 200 x 355 mm
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A brass head with pierced ears with beaded ear- rings and a plaited topknot. The topknot was worn by royalty and when Siddhartha Guatama left the city of Lumbini and...
A brass head with pierced ears with beaded ear- rings and a plaited topknot. The topknot was worn by royalty and when Siddhartha Guatama left the city of Lumbini and crossed the river, he cut off his topknot renouncing his royal heritage.