Head
| Place of origin |
Plaster cast, colossal head of Buddha. The original is in the Lahore Museum, and was brought from the ruins of a monastery at Takt-i-Bahi. Graeco-Buddhist.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Plaster cast |
| Brief description | Architecture, Head of Buddha from the ruins of a monastery at Takht-i-Bahi, plaster cast |
| Physical description | Plaster cast, colossal head of Buddha. The original is in the Lahore Museum, and was brought from the ruins of a monastery at Takt-i-Bahi. Graeco-Buddhist. |
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| Credit line | Presented by the Punjab Government. |
| Object history | Presented by the Punjab Government. |
| Bibliographic reference | Bryant, Julius and Weber, Susan; John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London Newhaven: Yale University Press, 2017
fig. 8.12, p. 182, and p. 538, cat. 138 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.3311-1883 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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