Head of the Buddha

3rd century

17.8 cm 31.1 cm 16.5 cm

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Carved from the mottled red sandstone of the Mathura region in north-central India, this sculpture displays a number of the auspicious marks ("lakshanas") of a Buddha. A cranial protuberance, called an ushnisha, marks the top of his head, and a whorl of hair, called an urna, r...

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Carole L. Brewster, Owings Mills, Maryland [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Gallery, 1986, by gift.
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en
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