Male Head

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Arts of Asia

Gupta period, 4th/5th century

India
Uttar Pradesh

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Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Male Head
Place: Uttar Pradesh (Object Possibly made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 301 CE–500 CE
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: 17.1 × 11 × 10.5 cm (6 11/16 × 4 5/16 × 4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection. Gift of Marilynn Alsdorf
Reference Number: 2022.3
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Two Thousand Years of Indian Art, exh. cat. (London: Spink & Son Ltd., 1982), 41 (ill), 8, cat. 11.

London, Spink & Son, Two Thousand Years of Indian Art, Apr. 6–23, 1982, cat. 11.

With Spink & Son, London, Apr. 8, 1982 [this and the following according to invoice from Spink & Son, London, Apr. 8, 1982; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka and Chicago, IL, by 1982; by descent to Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago, 1990 [on long-term loan at the Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 23, 1983; signed a promised gift agreement for the work, 2008]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021.

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