Double-Headed Buddha

Identifier: ХХ-2296
Title: Double-Headed Buddha
Creator: Unknown Artist
Description: In 1908, a team officially dispatched by the Qing government and ostensibly under the auspices of the Russian Geographical Society set out on a scientific expedition to specifically enrich themselves by plundering precious artifacts from various regions. Among the treasures seized was the unique masterpiece of the Western Xia Dynasty, the double-headed Buddha statue originally intended as a vessel of faith in the Buddha.
Date: 13th-14th centuries
Subject: Buddhism; China--History--Xi Xia dynasty, 1038-1227; Art, Asian
Former Location: Ejina Banner; China
Current Location: Hermitage Museum
Type: Clay
Source: https://www.sohu.com/a/301189889_120106901
Rights Holder: The State Hermitage Museum
References: https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/25.+archaeological+artifacts/477098