1924.65.21: Head and Torso of a Bodhisattva
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1924.65.21
- Title
- Head and Torso of a Bodhisattva
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- 11th-13th century, probably 12th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Inner Mongolia (Nei Menggu), Khara Khoto
- Culture
- Central Asian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/209752
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Sun-dried clay with traces of pigment (including blue and black pigments on the hair)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, First Fogg Expedition to China (1923-1924)
- Accession Year
- 1924
- Object Number
- 1924.65.21
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Deborah Klimburg-Salter, The Silk Route and The Diamond Path, exh. cat., Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery (Los Angeles, 1982), p. 119 and p. 114; fig. 38
Verification Level
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