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One of Fifteen Reliefs from a Buddhist Monument: Head of a Statuette
(China )
These panels must have originally adorned a Buddhist structure, perhaps a pagoda somewhere in northernmost China. The Walters Art Museum owns fifteen panels; there are likely to have been many more at the original site, but no others have yet been identified, nor has the structure they covered been located. The reliefs may have been made in territories ruled by the non-Chinese Liao Dynasty.
Provenance
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Yamanaka & Co., New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 3/2/1965 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 12/19/1990 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
China (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Average H: 21 x W: 11 3/8 in. (53.4 x 28.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
25.23
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