China, Qing dynasty, H 6 cm. According to an old note at the back this head comes from the Pagoda in the former Winterpalace, today's Beihai park. The Shanyin-Hall features 455 buddha tiles which all have been replaced in modern times. However, this head does not correspond to the original Ming tiles. Provenance: Gift of the famous Sinologist Richard Wilhelm (1873-1930) to Baron Hasso von Veltheim, then 1950 to Johannes Hufschmidt, Solingen. 中國,清代,高6釐米。 佛頭背面的標籤註名,此尊佛像來自於原北京北海白塔,大殿內的455尊佛像牆,現已重經修復。但此佛頭並不與明瓷磚相符。 來源:漢學家Richard Wilhelm (1873-1930) 作為禮物贈予Baron Hasso von Veltheim,在1950年後傳到索林根的Johannes Hufschmidt。