Head of Buddha
CultureGandharan
Datelate 4th-early 5th century C.E.
MediumStucco
DimensionsOverall: 4 × 3 × 2 7/8 inches (10.16 × 7.62 × 7.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Musee Guimet, Paris
Object number37-31/7
On View
Not on viewCollections
Exhibition HistoryArt of India, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK, February–March, 1949, no cat.
University of Kansas, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, July 29, 1950–July 24, 1952, no cat.
University of Kansas, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, 1955, no cat.
Long-term Loan, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, July 1964–July 1973.
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.
No publication history known at this time.
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