Head of a Buddhist Guardian King
In Buddhist cosmology that originated in India, a mountain stands in the center of our world. On the middle slopes of this mountain dwell four heavenly kings, who guard the four directions. This stone head is a Chinese interpretation of one of these kings, although we cannot b...
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Sculpture
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5244
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sculpture
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stage
normalized
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provenance
Yamanaka & Co., New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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language
en
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2
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import
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