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Asian Art
Explore image in Head of Buddha
670–690 CE
Stone
3 11/16 × 2 3/8 in. (9.3 × 6 cm)
3 11/16 × 2 3/8 × 2 1/2 in. (9.3 × 6 × 6.3 cm)
3 11/16 × 2 3/8 × 2 1/2 in. (9.3 × 6 × 6.3 cm)
Gift of the Associates in Fine Arts, May 1930
1930.248
Geography:
China
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
Chinese
Period:
Tang dynasty (618–907 C.E.)
Classification:
Sculpture
Provenance:
Yamanaka & Co. New York; purchased in 1930 by the Associates in Fine Arts, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
