Head of a Buddha image
Place of OriginPeshawar valley, Pakistan, ancient region of Gandhara
Dateapprox. 300-500
MaterialsStone (schist)
DimensionsH. 24 in x W. 12 in x D. 11 in, H. 61 cm x W. 30.5 cm x D. 27.9 cm
Credit LineThe Avery Brundage Collection
Object numberB60S419
DepartmentSouth Asian Art
ClassificationsSculpture
On View
On viewLocationGallery 1
More InformationThe size of this stone sculpture indicates that it once belonged to an image that, if depicting a standing Buddha, would have been about ten feet tall. Such images were placed in shrines found throughout the many Buddhist monastic complexes in Gandhara.
Subject
- Buddha
200-300 or 1950-1960
perhaps 300-500 or 1900-1960
approx. 200-400
approx. 200-400
approx. 200-400
approx. 200-300
approx. 200 - 400
approx. 200-500
