Seated Buddha

CultureGandharan

Date4th-5th century C.E.

MediumStucco with polychrome

DimensionsOverall: 9 1/8 × 6 1/2 × 2 3/4 inches (23.18 × 16.51 × 6.99 cm)

Credit LineGift of Musée Guimet, Paris

Object number37-31/13

On View

On view

Collections

South and Southeast Asian Art

Terms

Exhibition History

6000 Years: Art in Clay, The Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, California, September 12-September 28, 1952, no. 38, as Seated figure of a Buddha.

Miniatures and Small Sculptures from India, University Gallery, College of Architecture and Fine Arts, University of Florida, Gainesville, April 10-May 29, 1966, no. 14, as Seated Buddha in Meditation.

Provenance

Jules Barthoux expedition 1926-28, Monastery of Tapa-Kalan, Stupa 23 or Stupa 121, Hadda (Afghanistan);

With Musée National des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet, Paris, by 1937;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1937.

Published References

The Los Angeles County Fair Association, 6000 Years: Art in Clay, exh.cat. (Pomona, California: B –B Press, Inc., 1952), unpaginated.

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

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