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Head of Buddha

Lost Art-ID
568437
Artist / Creator
Unknown (Chinesisch)
Title
Head of Buddha
Dating
500/700 (um)
Object type
Sculpture
Group of reported objects
Sculpture
Material / Technique
Limestone dark grey
Height
36.00 cm
Description

fragment of a cave sculpture, supposedly from the Longmen grottoes

Provenance
Dr. Ernst (Helene) Bunzl, Vienna until 1938 (flight); 1938 Registration of the assets for export and transfer to the forwarding company Hausner, Vienna; whereabouts unknown, seizure under Nazi persecution can not be exluded
Literature / Source
Ausstellung von Werken asiatischer Kunst aus Wiener Besitz, Verein der Freunde asiatischer Kunst und Kultur in Wien unter Mitwirkung des Österreichischen Museums für Kunst und Industrie, Juni–Juli 1930, Nr. 49
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