1998.313: Head of a Foreigner (probably from a Buddhist Temple)
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1998.313
- Title
- Head of a Foreigner (probably from a Buddhist Temple)
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- head, sculpture
- Date
- 8th cent. - 9th cent.
- Places
- Creation Place: Central Asia, Unidentified Site
- Culture
- Central Asian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/190927
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Sun-dried clay/straw mix with traces of polychromy
- Dimensions
- 19 x 11.8 x 12.5 cm (7 1/2 x 4 5/8 x 4 15/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Lois Orswell Collection, by gift
- Accession Year
- 1998
- Object Number
- 1998.313
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 330, p. 365
Exhibition History
- Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003
Verification Level
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