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Asian Art
Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery
Explore image in Head of a Bodhisattva
ca. 2nd century CE
Pink sandstone
5 1/2 × 2 × 2 in. (14 × 5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Gift of Jai K. Chandrasekhar, B.A. 1987, J.D. 1997
1993.77.1
Geography:
India
Culture:
Indian
Period:
Kushan period (ca. late 1st–early 4th century)
Classification:
Sculpture
Provenance:
Fortuna Fine Arts Ltd., New York; sold to Jai Chandrasekhar, Dec 1992; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT., 1993
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.
