id: 139731
accession number: 1963.504
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Head of Buddha, 400s CE. Northern India, Mathura, Gupta period. Sandstone; overall: 30.6 x 16.6 cm (12 1/16 x 6 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1963.504
title: Head of Buddha
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creation date: 400s CE
creation date earliest: 400
creation date latest: 499
current location: 243 Indian and Southeast Asian
creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Northern India, Mathura, Gupta period
technique: sandstone
department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection: Indian Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 30.6 x 16.6 cm (12 1/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review (1963)
opening date: 1963-11-27T05:00:00
Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).
title: Juxtapositions
opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00
Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).
title: Asian Journeys: Collecting Art in Post-war America
opening date: 2009-02-10T00:00:00
Asian Journeys: Collecting Art in Post-war America. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (February 10-August 9, 2009).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(Jean-Pierre Dubosc [1903-1988], Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1963
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1963–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1963.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 50, no. 10, 1963, pp. 263–294.
page number: Mentioned: p. 292, no. 67
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25151974
Kramer, Joellen. “A Buddha Head from Mathurā.” The Burlington Magazine (March 1965).
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 76, p. 161
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 230
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n254
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 230
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n254
Czuma, Stanislaw. “Mathura Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum Collection.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 64, no. 3, 1977, pp. 83–114.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 102, fig. 30
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25152680
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 290
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n310
Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 128–129
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May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page number: Mentioned: no. 97, p. 119; Reproduced: no. 97, p. 88
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 202
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