Buddha Head with Lotus Halo Bearing the Seven Dhyani Buddhas
CultureChinese
Dateearly 7th century C.E.
MediumFine, gray limestone with coloring
DimensionsOverall: 22 × 21 inches (55.88 × 53.34 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number31-139
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On viewGallery Location
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DescriptionHead with a lotus halo bearing the seven dhyani buddhas (the center one is broken off). The head has a childlike face, broad nostrils, flower shaped lips, a large broad ushnisha, covered with spirals as on other hair. Traces of polychrome.Exhibition HistoryMid-America Collects, Oklahoma Art Center, October 10-December 10, 1977.
Artists Look at Art, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence. (inaugural exhibition) 1978.
Celestin Liu, by 1931;
Purchased from Celestin Liu by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, in 1931.
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