1931.13: Head of a Buddha
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1931.13
- Title
- Head of a Buddha
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- late 5th - early 6th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Northern Wei, 386-534
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/208837
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Buff sandstone with traces of gesso and pigment; Yungang style
- Dimensions
- H. 20 x W. 13 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. George A.L. Sarton
- Accession Year
- 1931
- Object Number
- 1931.13
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Mount Holyoke Friends of Art, Chinese Art: A Loan Exhibition Presented by the Mount Holyoke Friends of Art in honor of the John Martyn Warbeke Fund for Oriental Art, exh. cat. (1960), cat. 39
Verification Level
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