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Source Description
These panels must have originally adorned a Buddhist structure, perhaps a pagoda somewhere in northernmost China. The Walters Art Museum owns fifteen panels; there are likely to have been many more at the original site, but no others have yet been identified, nor has the structure they covered been located. The reliefs may have been made in territories ruled by the non-Chinese Liao Dynasty.
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Document identity
localId
33867
label
One of Fifteen Reliefs from a Buddhist Monument: Head of a Statuette
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obj
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sculpture
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
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33867
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
One of Fifteen Reliefs from a Buddhist Monument: Head of a Statuette
description
These panels must have originally adorned a Buddhist structure, perhaps a pagoda somewhere in northernmost China. The Walters Art Museum owns fifteen panels; there are likely to have been many more at the original site, but no others have yet been identified, nor has the structure they covered been located. The reliefs may have been made in territories ruled by the non-Chinese Liao Dynasty.
provenance
Yamanaka & Co., New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
11th century
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
architectural elements
panels
relief
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
53.4
height
28.9
dimensionsRaw
Average H: 21 x W: 11 3/8 in. (53.4 x 28.9 cm)
Source extras
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Chinese
dynasty
Liao [Liao] Dynasty
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med
terracotta or tufa carved in low relief, with traces of white
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6238
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CHN
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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