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尺寸：39.37 x 26.67 x 21.59 cm
年代：10-11世纪
质地：片岩
风格：印度 帕拉
来源：纳尔逊艺术博物馆
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鉴赏：
Head of a Crowned Buddha

Northeast India, Bihar

Pala-Sena Dynasty (750–1100 C.E.), late 10th–11th century

A Buddha who wears a crown reflects a concept that has evolved into something more than an illustration of a simple monk. This figure was intended to represent a universal buddha, residing in an abstract heavenly abode. He is wearing royal regalia, including jewelry and a crown. He retains the urna, the round bump in the center of his forehead, symbolic of his supreme knowledge.

Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust, 43-16

Provenance

With Yamanaka and Company, New York, by 1943;

U.S. Office of Alien Property Custodian, New York, by 1943 [1];

Purchased from U.S. Office of Alien Property Custodian by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1943.

NOTES:

[1] This object was sequestered as alien property by the U.S. Office of Alien Property Custodian, New York.