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Head of a Hindu deity, either Vishnu or Surya
Head of a Hindu deity, either Vishnu or Surya

Head of a Hindu deity, either Vishnu or Surya

Date7th century
Object number67.107
Provenance[William H. Wolff, Inc., New York]; purchased from gallery by Seattle Art Museum (Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection), September 1, 1967
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing. Published ReferencesFoong, Ping, Xiaojin Wu, and Darielle Mason. "An Asian Art Museum Transformed." Orientations vol. 51, no. 3 (May/June 2020): p. 58, reproduced fig. 18 (installation view).
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions15 x 7 3/4 x 8 7/16 in. (38.1 x 19.69 x 21.43 cm) Overall h.: 22 1/4 in.
MediumSandstone
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