Object Title
Sakyamuni Buddha
Measurements
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
Creation Date
ca. 8th century
Credit Line
Gift of Ann and Gilbert H. Kinney, B.A. 1953, M.A. 1954
Museum Contact
artgalleryinfo@yale.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/211836
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
n/a
Provenance Information
Possibly acquired in Europe by Alex Biancardi (1906-2000), London, 1980s [see note 1]; sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, May 29,1991, lot 9; sold to Ann R. Kinney and Gilbert H. Kinney (1931–2020), New York, May 29, 1991 (Kinney inv. no. 104) (on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2016–2021); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2021 Note 1: According to Hugo Kreijger, Alex Biancardi was a French collector and dealer resident in London; before emigrating to Australia he sold off much of his collection (email November 15, 2011).
Exhibition Information
n/a
Publication Information
Denise Patry Leidy, “South and Southeast Asian Sculpture, 7th–9th century,” Arts of Asia (March–April 2018): 65, fig. 13.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
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Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
n/a