15th century
48 diam. x 5 cm (18 7/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
[Stefano Bardini, Florence], sold [through his sale, April 6, 1918, lot 337]; to Arthur Kingsley Porter, Cambridge, by descent?; to Lucy Wallace Porter, Cambridge, his wife, 1933, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1962
Carved sandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
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