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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.89
Title
Buddha Head
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, head
Date
c. 1250
Places
Creation Place: Southeast Asia, Cambodia
Period
Angkor period, 802-1431
Culture
Cambodian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205834

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wood with traces of gilding
Dimensions
36.2 cm (14 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The Eumorfopoulos Collection, London (by 1939). Purchase by the Fogg Museum of Art, 1940.

George Aristides Eumorfopoulos (18 April 1863 -19 December 1939) was a British collector of Chinese, Korean and Near Eastern art. Founder and first president of the Oriental Ceramic Society.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.89
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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