id:			125056
accession number:	1946.492
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url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.492
updated:		2025-02-09 01:13:39.738000

Fragment of Head of Buddha, 400s CE. India, Sarnath, Gupta Period (320-647). Sandstone; overall: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1946.492

title:				Fragment of Head of Buddha
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creation date:			400s CE
creation date earliest:		400
creation date latest:		499
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creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	India, Sarnath, Gupta Period (320-647)
technique:	sandstone
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Indian Buddhist Sculpture
	opening date:   1968-02-27T05:00:00
	<i>Indian Buddhist Sculpture</i>. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY (organizer) (February 27-March 21, 1968).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Miniatures and Small Sculptures from India</em>. University Gallery, College of Architecture and Fine Arts, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (April 10-May 29, 1966).', 'opening_date': '1966-04-10T05:00:00Z'}

* {'description': '<em>Indian Buddhist Sculpture in American Collections</em>. J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY (February 27–March 31, 1968).', 'opening_date': '1968-03-31T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1946
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1946-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Miniatures and Small Sculptures from India. University Gallery, April 10th thru May 29th, 1966</em>. Gainesville: College of Architecture and Fine Arts, University of Florida, 1966.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 15
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	Marcus, Margaret F. “Sculptures from Bihar and Bengal.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 54, no. 8, 1967, pp. 240–262.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 261
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25152173

	Begley, W. E. <em>Indian Buddhist Sculpture in American Collections</em>. Louisville, KY: J.B. Speed Art Museum, 1968.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 32
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