Head of a Buddha
about A.D. 800
Object PlaceCandi Sewu, Central Java, Indonesia
Medium/TechniqueAndesite (volcanic stone)
DimensionsHeight x width: 36 × 25 cm (14 3/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Honorable George Holden Tinkham
Accession number43.6
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
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NOTE: At the time he acquired this head, Tinkham had a sworn statement of authenticity signed by Pieter Vincent van Stein Callenfels, Acting Head of the Archaeological Service of the Dutch East Indies, stating that it was from Candi Sewu. The statement was, in addition, signed and stamped on October 1931 by K.S. Patton, Consul General of the United States of America at Batavia, Java.
about 13th century
about 13th century
about 14th century
about 14th century
Late 9th–early 10th century A.D.
9th century A.D.
9th century
9th century
9th–early 10th century A.D.
about 9th century A.D.
about 9th–19th century