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Head of a Jina

CultureIndian
Date2nd century C.E.
MediumRed sandstone
DimensionsOverall: 4 × 3 1/2 × 2 3/8 inches (10.16 × 8.89 × 6.03 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number35-303
On View
Not on view
Exhibition History

Miniatures and Small Sculptures from India, University Gallery, College of Architecture and Fine Arts, University of Florida, Gainesville, April 10-May 29, 1966, no. 6 as Buddhist Head.

Provenance

With Imre Schwaiger (1868–1940), Delhi, India, by 1935 [1];

Purchased from Schwaiger, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1935.

NOTES:

[1] Nelson-Atkins Archives, RG01/01 Director's Office Records, Paul Gardner, box 4, folder 41, 1935 Sickman purchases en route. Before Laurence Sickman assumed his role as Curator of Asian Art in June 1935, he traveled through South Asia and the Middle East on his way from China to the U.S. This is one of several objects he purchased in Delhi from Hungarian-born dealer Schwaiger during this trip.

Published References

The University Gallery, University of Florida, Miniatures and Small Sculptures from India, exh. cat. (Gainesville: University of Florida, 1966), unpaginated.

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