1924.47.A: Head and Shoulders of Buddhist Figure (from the north wall of Mogao Cave 321 at Dunhuang, Gansu province)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1924.47.A

Title

Head and Shoulders of Buddhist Figure (from the north wall of Mogao Cave 321 at Dunhuang, Gansu province)

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

mural painting

Date

7th-early 8th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China, Gansu province, Dunhuang

Period

Tang dynasty, 618-907

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/92536

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Section of a wall painting; polychromy on unfired clay

Dimensions

H. 51.5 x W. 31 cm (20 1/4 x 12 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

From Mogao Cave 321, Dunhuang, Gansu province; acquired during the First Fogg Expedition to China (1923-24) led by Langdon Warner (1881-1955)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, First Fogg Expedition to China (1923-1924)

Accession Year

1924

Object Number

1924.47.A

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Sanchita Balachandran, "Research into the Collecting and Conservation History of Chinese Wall Paintings from Dunhuang in the Harvard University Art Museums" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2004), Unpublished, passim
• Sanchita Balachandran, Object Lessons: The Politics of Preservation and Museum Building in Western China in the Early Twentieth Century, International Journal of Cultural Property (2007), Vol. 14, No. 1, 1-32

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