Head

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Head

Date
960–1279
Medium
iron
Culture
China, Song dynasty (960-1279)
Department
Chinese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
97675

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The shaven head and face of this ascetic expresses character and personality. It may have once been part of a figure of a monk or lohan , an enlightened being with supernatural power.

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Credit line
General Income Fund
Provenance
?–1917: Langdon Warner [1881–1955], Cambridge, MA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1917–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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