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Jain Head

Artist/Maker
Dateca. 10th century
MediumSandstone
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 × 4 1/4 × 4 3/8 in. (14 × 10.8 × 11.1 cm)
Base: 2 1/2 × 3 × 3 1/4 in. (6.4 × 7.6 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Richard Spear and Athena Tacha
Object number2007.31
Status
Not on view
ProvenanceSotheby's Arcade Auction, New York; purchased September 26, 1997 by (Arthur Millner); purchased 1998 at the Armory Asian Art Fair in New York by Richard Spear and Athena Tacha, Washington D.C.; by gift 2007 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH
Collections
  • Asian
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