SculptureJapanese7th century
Buddha at Birth (Tanjō Butsu)
7th century
Dimensions
figure only: H. 13.4 x W. 5 x D. 2.3 cm (5 1/4 x 1 15/16 x 7/8 in.) with attached tang: H. 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)
Provenance
[Fugendo, Tokyo, (by 1972)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (1972-2014), gift from Sylvan Barnet and bequest from William Burto; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2014.
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