Buddha Head

anonymous, 550 - 650

The word buddha means ‘the enlightened one’ in Sanskrit. This head was originally part of a complete body. The marble is smooth and delicately carved, the facial features in particular are elegantly executed. While according to the Chinese Buddhist canon the Buddha has the ‘Thirtytwo Signs of a Great Man,’ not a single sculpture of the Buddha has come down to us displaying all of these bodily features.

  • Artwork typefigure, sculpture, Boeddha-beeld, hoofd
  • Object numberAK-MAK-286
  • Dimensionsheight 34 cm x width 24 cm x depth 24 cm x weight 25.2 kg

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Buddha Head

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-286

  • Description

    Fragment (hoofd) van een Boeddha van wit, mica-houdend marmer.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, Dingzhou

  • Dating

    550 - 650

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 34 cm x width 24 cm x depth 24 cm x weight 25.2 kg

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Emanuel-Loo, 1953)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from Mrs Emanuel-Loo, fl. 8,000, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1953;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

  • (1952-1953)

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