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Head of a Naga-Protected Buddha
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Fragmentary sculpture depicting the head and partial mandorla of a Buddha. He wears a patterned crown, surrounding a conical patterned ushnisha. He has elongated earlobes, one of which is broken, and has lined lips and eyes. The mandorla is a hood formed by seven nagas (serpents), and the heads of four survive. The fronts of the nagas are decorated with a wave pattern and each have an image of a sun. The backs of the nagas are covered in scales and decorated with a larger sun near the head. There is a single large sun medallion at the base.
Department of Asian Art
Charles D. Kelekian New York (by 1935-1982) by descent; to Nanette Rodney Kelekian New York (1982-2021) bequest; to the Harvard Art Museums.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian
Title: Head of a Naga-Protected Buddha
Description:
Fragmentary sculpture depicting the head and partial mandorla of a Buddha.
He wears a patterned crown, surrounding a conical patterned ushnisha.
He has elongated earlobes, one of which is broken, and has lined lips and eyes.
The mandorla is a hood formed by seven nagas (serpents), and the heads of four survive.
The fronts of the nagas are decorated with a wave pattern and each have an image of a sun.
The backs of the nagas are covered in scales and decorated with a larger sun near the head.
There is a single large sun medallion at the base.
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