cover image: Head of a Bodhisattva

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Head of a Bodhisattva

2023

About 1969-? J. T. Tai & Company, New York, NY, method of acquisition unknown [1] By 1982-1987 Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987), purchased from J. T. Tai & Company [2] From 1987 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler [3] Notes: [1] See Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Gift Inventory, number S-483, where “YT-5372 (1-15-1969)” is listed as a dealer number. [2] See note 1, Peter Marks evaluated the object in 1982. [3] Pursuant to the agreement between Dr. Arthur M. Sackler and the Smithsonian Institution, dated July 28, 1982, legal title of the donated objects was transferred to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on September 11, 1987. Research completed October 20, 2022 Arthur M. Sackler Collection 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) J.T. Tai & Co. (established in 1950) Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)
afghanistan art buddhism buddhists south asians bodhisattva south asian and himalayan art himalayan peoples sackler, arthur m j.t. tai & co
Collection
Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Dates
3rd-5th century
Format
Stucco with traces of pigment
Pages
H x W x D: 53 x 36.8 x 33.6 cm (20 7/8 x 14 1/2 x 13 1/4 in)
Place Discussed
Afghanistan
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
Afghanistan
Reference
S1987.951
Rights
Gift of Arthur M. Sackler
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/901f517a3b322aaf5cd16c7d56361dad

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