Head of Buddha

Object Details

• School/Tradition

  Gandhara school

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia (October 14, 2017 to February 6, 2022)

  Sculpture of South Asia and the Himalayas (November 19, 1992 to July 9, 2017)

  Object of the Bi-Month (April 25, 1991 to March 21, 2007)

• Origin

  Pakistan or Afghanistan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Ann and Alan Wolfe

• Type

  Sculpture

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  200s, 300s

• Name

  buddha

• Place

  Afghanistan, Pakistan

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Kushan dynasty (1st century BCE - 299 CE), Ushnisha

• Culture

  Buddhists, Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Sculpture