Buddha Head
Artist
India
Date3rd century AD
Historical location nameGandhara
MediumSchist stone
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineMuseum purchase from NY J.J. Klejman Gallery
Object number1955.34
DescriptionHead of Buddha, carved in blended schist; mounted on a wooden block; head is carved from charcoal colored schist with patterned hair and bun atop head; back of the head is cut off as well as the left ear; numerous gouges, pits and cracks appear all over face; notably the left temple, nose, lips, chin and right ear.On View
Not on viewCollections
19th century
CHINA/INDIA
Pre-Columbian
New Guinea
Inuit/Yupik
400-650 A.D.
THAILAND