Sculpture of a Buddha

CultureIndian

Date3rd century C.E.

MediumLimestone

DimensionsOverall: 12 1/8 inches (30.8 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Mrs. George H. Bunting Jr.

Object number81-27/25

On View

On view

Collections

South and Southeast Asian Art

Terms

DescriptionPale greenish white marble; compact, monumental remains of an image of the Buddha from the diaphragm up; proper right shoulder damaged and partially missing; proper left shoulder and chest draped with a thin monk's robe indicated with broadly spaced wide grooves; full, round head and chin imbue the figure with massiveness; facial features clearly but simply rendered, with small up-turned mouth, borad nose, and large expressionless eyes; large peppercorn curls in moderate relief cover the head.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

A Bountiful Decade: Selected Acquisitions, 1977–1987, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 14–December 6, 1987, no.26.

The Universal Teacher: Images of the Buddha in Asia, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June-July 23, 1989, hors cat.

Provenance

With Lance Dane (1923-2012), Madras, India, by 1958-1961;

With William Clem, Lyndhurst, New Jersey, 1961-1978;

Purchased from Clem by Karen Dean Bunting (1912-1981), Mission Hills, Kansas, 1978-1981 [1];

Her bequest to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO 1981.

NOTES:

[1] Clem's receipt with statement of ownership is in the Nelson-Atkins files.

Published References

Roger Ward, ed., A Bountiful Decade: Selected Acquisitions, 1977-1987, exh. cat. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1987), 70-71 (repro.).

Calendar of Events (June 1989), 4, (repro.).

Roger Ward and Patricia J. Fidler, eds., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection (New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1993), 377 (repro.).

Deborah Emont Scott, ed., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, 7th ed. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2008), 259 (repro.).

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