1963.124: Head of a Buddha
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1963.124
- Title
- Head of a Buddha
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- head, sculpture
- Date
- 3rd century-5th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Central Asia, Afghanistan
- Period
- Kushan period, c.100 BCE-250 CE
- Culture
- Afghan
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/202892
Location
- Location
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Level 1, Room 1740, Early Chinese Art, Arts of Ancient China from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age
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Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Stucco; Gandharan style, perhaps from Hadda, Afghanistan
- Technique
- Stucco
- Dimensions
- 26 x 13.9 cm (10 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of George Bickford
- Accession Year
- 1963
- Object Number
- 1963.124
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- 32Q: 1740 Early China I, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/18/2024 - 01/01/2050
Verification Level
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