Buddhist wall paintings, fragments from ceiling

Object Details

• Label

  These fragments of Buddhist wall paintings are from the ceiling of a cave in Northern Afghanistan, near Aq Kupruk on the Balkh River, about 100 km south of Mazor-i-Sharif.

• Provenance

  To 1964

  Louis Dupree, New York. [1]

  From 1964

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Louis Dupree, New York, New York. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] Seen note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Louis Dupree

• Origin

  Near Aq Kupruk, Northern Afghanistan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Louis Dupree

• Type

  Painting

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• Name

  Dupree, Louis

• Place

  Afghanistan, Aq Kupruk

• Topic

  Art, Arts of the Islamic World

• Culture

  Muslims, Buddhists

• Object Type

  Paintings