Head of a Buddha (?)

Object Details

• Provenance

  From at least 1973 to 2005

  Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge [1]

  From 2005

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 2005

  Notes:

  [1] Object file.

  Acquired while Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge were living in Bangkok (1967-1972 or 1973).

  Purchased by Taka Hauge from the Bangkok dealer Chai Ma:

  Chai Ma Antiques, 799-801 Silom Road, Bangkok 5, tel. 2364-390, 2364-408

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Victor and Takako Hauge ((1919-2013) and (1923-2015))

• Origin

  Khu Bua site, Ratchburi province, Thailand

• Credit Line

  Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge

• Type

  Sculpture

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  800s, 600s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako, buddha

• Place

  Khu Bua site, Ratchburi province, Thailand

• Topic

  Art, Dvaravati period (ca. 500 - 900), Hauge collection, Southeast Asian Art

• Culture

  Buddhists, Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Sculpture