Head of Prajnaparamita Artist: Unknown

late 12th–early 13th century

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Grey sandstone

Dimensions

15 × 8 × 8 1/2 in. (38.1 × 20.3 × 21.6 cm)
with base: 20 × 8 × 8 1/2 in. (50.8 × 20.3 × 21.6 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Michael de Havenon, B.A. 1962, and Georgia de Havenon

Accession Number

2021.5.1

Geography

Thailand, Cambodia

Culture

Thai or Cambodian

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Beurdeley et Cie., Paris, by 1981; sold to Michael and Georgia de Havenon, New York, October 15, 1981 (as Thailand, Lopburi, 14th century); on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2017–2020; gift to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2020
This work appears on our "Antiquities and Archaeological Material with Provenance Documentation Gaps" page.
Bibliography
  • "Selected Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2020–21), 159, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

heads (representations), religious art

Subject

Buddhism perfection wisdom

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