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Cosmological Buddha

Early 11th century
Medium/TechniqueCarved marble with remains of pigment
Dimensions95.25 cm (37 1/2 in.)
Credit LineCharles Bain Hoyt Fund
Accession number1997.180
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1964, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco; 1969, transferred to the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (AAMSF); 1972, deaccessioned by the AAMSF; October 17-18, 1974, sale, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 315. Private collection, Michigan; 1997, sold by this private collection, through Marty Webster, Ann Arbor, MI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 15, 1997)
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