Buddha - Item #10

 

Head in a variation on sandstone patina (as pictured): 10 Inches High x 3.5 Inches Wide x 4.5 Inches Deep

Black-painted plaster base included (as pictured): 4 Inches High x 3.75 Inches Wide x 3.75 Inches Deep

Total height: 14 Inches

This Buddha head dates from China's Tang dynasty. The original is made of sandstone and is found in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Caproni Collection's sister company, Skylight Studios, Inc., sculpted this faithful reproduction at the request of the Museum in the 1990s.

 

Museum: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Time Period: Chinese, Tang dynasty, c. 700 C.E.

 

Sources:

"Buddha head." Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, https://collections.mfa.org/objects/263019/buddha-head.