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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1935.24
Title
Relief Sculpture of the Birth of Buddha
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, relief
Date
Gupta period, 5th century
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, Pakistan
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/206361

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Stucco with traces of polychromy; reportedly from Rawalpindi region, Pakistan
Technique
Stucco
Dimensions
H. 47.7 x W. 49.6 x D. 11 cm (18 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 4 5/16 in.)
including wooden base: H. 55.9 x W. 50.2 x D.16.5 cm (22 x 19 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund
Accession Year
1935
Object Number
1935.24
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Benjamin Rowland, Jr., "A Graeco-Buddhist Relief", Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, Mass., March 1936), vol. V, no. 2, pp. 24-27, reproduced in b/w on p. 25; text pp. 24-27

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

  • Google Art Project

Verification Level

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