Buddha Maker: Unknown

20th century

Asian Art

Not on view
Medium

Gilt bronze

Dimensions

4 3/4 × 1 7/8 in. (12.1 × 4.8 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Howard Balensweig, B.S. 1943, and Mrs. Carolyn Balensweig

Accession Number

1971.91.7b

Geography

Korea

Culture

Korean

Period

Modern

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Carolyn Balensweig, (born 1945), and Dr. Howard Balensweig, (1921–2011), New York, by 1971: given to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1971
Bibliography
  • Evelyn McCune, The Arts of Korea (Rutland, Vt.: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1961), n.p.
  • Chosen Koseki Zufu, 3 (Tokyo: Taisho Showa, 1915-1935), 367
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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