SculptureAfghan4th-5th century CE

Head of a Buddhist Figure

4th-5th century

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Stucco

Medium

Lime stucco with traces of color, from Hadda, Afghanistan

Culture

Afghan

Period

Kushano-Sasanian period, c.250-c.500 CE

Century

4th-5th century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

35.3 × 22 × 28 cm (13 7/8 × 8 11/16 × 11 in.) with current mount: 49 cm (19 5/16 in.) 25.8 lb

Provenance

[Yamanaka & Co., New York, 5/14/1941] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1941-1943), bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 1943.

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