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Head of a Buddha

CultureThai
Dateca. 15th century
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 6 × 4 × 3 3/4 inches (15.24 × 10.16 × 9.53 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-286
On View
On view
Gallery Location
  • 225
Exhibition History
No exhibition history known at this time.
Provenance

With Sidney Burney Gallery, London, by 1934;

Purchased from Sidney Burney (1879–1951) Gallery, London, through Harold Woodbury Parsons, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.

[1] Sale documented in invoice dated October 24, 1934 from Harold Woodbury Parsons to the museum.  In addition, this object is included in a larger list Parsons used to document his purchases in Europe during 1934.  Both documents are in NAMA curatorial files.




Published References
No published references known at this time.
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