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accession number: 1946.492
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Fragment of Head of Buddha, AD 400s. 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: AD 400s
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
Indian Buddhist Sculpture. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY (organizer) (February 27-March 21, 1968).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Indian Buddhist Sculpture in American Collections. J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY (February 27–March 31, 1968).
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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
Marcus, Margaret F. “Sculptures from Bihar and Bengal.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 54, no. 8, 1967, pp. 240–262.
page number: Reproduced: p. 261
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25152173
Begley, W. E. Indian Buddhist Sculpture in American Collections. Louisville, KY: J.B. Speed Art Museum, 1968.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 32
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