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Head of Buddha

Indian
Gupta Period
5th century A.D.
Object Place: India

Medium/Technique Stone (non-specific)
Dimensions .120 x .080
Credit Line Bequest of Estate of Dona Luisa Coomaraswamy
Accession Number1971.79
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsSculpture

ProvenanceBy 1918, Ananda Coomaraswamy (b. 1877 - d. 1947), Needham, MA [see note 1]; to his widow, Luisa Coomaraswamy (b. 1905 - d. 1970); 1971, bequest of the estate of Doña Luisa Coomaraswamy to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 10, 1971)

NOTES:
[1] He first lent this sculpture to the MFA in 1918 (loan no. 515.18).