Head of a Buddha

late 7th - early 8th century

Chinese

Limestone

13 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 9 in. (34.93 x 19.69 x 22.86 cm)

Overall h.: 25 3/4 in.

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

39.29

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Luminous: The Art of Asia", October 13, 2011 - January 8, 2012

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Discovering Buddhist Art - Seeking the Sublime", July 9, 2003 - June 3, 2005

Published ReferencesWaugh, Daniel C. "The Arts of China in Seattle." The Silk Road, vol. 12 (2014): pp. 137-152, reproduced p. 151, fig. 31.

The Seattle Art Museum acknowledges that we are located on the ancestral land of the Coast Salish people.