1924.59: Head of a Buddha
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1924.59
- Title
- Head of a Buddha
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- head, sculpture
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Gansu province
- Period
- Northern and Southern Dynasties period, 420-589
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/312174
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Light gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
- Dimensions
- 34.29 x 20.32 x 25.4 cm (13 1/2 x 8 x 10 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, First Fogg Expedition to China (1923-1924)
- Accession Year
- 1924
- Object Number
- 1924.59
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Langdon Warner, "Chinese Expedition 1923-24", Fogg Art Museum Notes, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, Mass., April 1925), vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 2-18, p. 11, fig. 9
Verification Level
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