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Asian Art
Public domain

Halo for Standing Buddha on pedestal

432 C.E.

Silver, partial gilt, bronze

6 × 3 3/8 × 1 7/8 in. (15.2 × 8.6 × 4.8 cm)
Gift of Dr. Howard Balensweig, B.S. 1943, and Mrs. Carolyn Balensweig
1971.91.7a
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
China, Korean
Period: 
Northern Wei dynasty (386–534 C.E.) or Southern dynasties (317–5
Classification: 
Sculpture
Provenance: 

Dr. Howard Balensweig, (1921–2011) and Carolyn Balensweig, (born 1945), New York: gift in 1971 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography: 

Chosen Koseki Zufu, 3 (Tokyo: Taisho Showa, 1915-1935), 367.

Evelyn McCune, The Arts of Korea (Rutland, Vt.: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1961), n.p.

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.