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Male Head

Primary TitleHead of a Man or Deity
CultureIndian
Date2nd century C.E.
MediumRed Sandstone
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/8 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 inches (13.02 × 12.07 × 12.07 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number51-32
On View
On view
Provenance

With C. T. Loo & Co., Paris and New York, stock no. J-175, by June 14, 1935-1951 [1];

Purchased from C. T. Loo, Inc. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1951.

NOTES:

[1] This object was included in C. T. Loo’s Exposition de Sculptures et Bronzes Ancien de l’Inde in 1935.

[2] C. T. Loo/Frank Caro archive, Musée Guimet, Paris, copy of stock card in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files. According to the stock card, the object was transferred from Paris to New York in March 1948. C. T. Loo & Co. was incorporated as C. T. Loo, Inc. in 1949.

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