Head of a bodhisattva

Details

• Title

  Head of a bodhisattva

• Associated place

  Asia › Pakistan › Punjab province › Taxila (find spot)

  Asia › Pakistan › Punjab province › Taxila (place of creation)

• Date

  4th - 5th century (AD 301 - 500)

• Material and technique

  stucco, with much of the outer layer on the left made of fine grade plaster, broken and exposing formative modelling for the layer beneath; core most likely wood, originally, but did not survive

• Object type

  sculpture › figure › figurine;

  sculpture › figure;

  sculpture

• Dimensions

  17 x 12 x 10.5 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by the Shaftesbury and District Historical Society Museum, 1953.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1953.201

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