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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1979.328
Title
Stele with Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
early 13th century
Places
Creation Place: Southeast Asia, Burma
Culture
Burmese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/202252

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Yellowish-beige pyrophyllite
Dimensions
18.7 x 13 x 3.8 cm (7 3/8 x 5 1/8 x 1 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Louis Sidney Thierry Memorial Fund
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
1979.328
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 73, p. 70
  • Susan L. Huntington and John C. Huntington, Leaves from the Bodhi Tree: The Art of Pala India (8th-12th centuries) and its International Legacy, exh. cat., Dayton Art Institute (Dayton, Ohio, 1989), pp. 221-222, no. 62

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

  • Collection Highlights

Verification Level

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