Buddha Head

Pakistan (Ancient region of Gandhara)

3rd century

Medium

Black schist

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

27.8 × 16.4 × 19.6 cm (11 × 6 1/2 × 7 5/8 in.)

Culture

Gandhara

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Asia

Credit line

Bequest of Wayne Hartwell

Rights

Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.

Who can see it

Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago

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