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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1931.13
Title
Head of a Buddha
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
late 5th - early 6th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Northern Wei, 386-534
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/208837

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Buff sandstone with traces of gesso and pigment; Yungang style
Dimensions
H. 20 x W. 13 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. George A.L. Sarton
Accession Year
1931
Object Number
1931.13
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Mount Holyoke Friends of Art, Chinese Art: A Loan Exhibition Presented by the Mount Holyoke Friends of Art in honor of the John Martyn Warbeke Fund for Oriental Art, exh. cat. (1960), cat. 39

Verification Level

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