1935.24: Relief Sculpture of the Birth of Buddha
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1935.24
- Title
- Relief Sculpture of the Birth of Buddha
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- relief, sculpture
- Date
- Gupta period, 5th century
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, Pakistan
- Culture
- Indian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/206361
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Stucco with traces of polychromy; reportedly from Rawalpindi region, Pakistan
- Technique
- Stucco
- Dimensions
-
H. 47.7 x W. 49.6 x D. 11 cm (18 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 4 5/16 in.)
including wooden base: H. 55.9 x W. 50.2 x D.16.5 cm (22 x 19 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund
- Accession Year
- 1935
- Object Number
- 1935.24
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Publication History
- Benjamin Rowland, Jr., "A Graeco-Buddhist Relief", Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, Mass., March 1936), vol. V, no. 2, pp. 24-27, reproduced in b/w on p. 25; text pp. 24-27
Exhibition History
- S424: Indian and Southeast Asian Sculpture, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1985 - 08/01/2008
Subjects and Contexts
- Google Art Project
Verification Level
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