1947.23: Head of a Bodhisattva or Royal Figure
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1947.23
- Title
- Head of a Bodhisattva or Royal Figure
- 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/203139
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
- H. 23.6 x W. 20 cm (9 5/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of C. Adrian Rübel
- Accession Year
- 1947
- Object Number
- 1947.23
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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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. 67, p. 65
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 1740 Early China I, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/18/2024 - 01/01/2050
Verification Level
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