Stone Head of Buddha

Identifier: 2008-48
Title: Stone Head of Buddha; 石佛头
Creator: Unknown Artist
Description: this head comes from the Longmen Caves in Henan province, eastern China; In the first half of the 20th century, antique dealers colluded with foreigners, leading to the extensive looting and vandalism of the Longmen Grottoes. This stone head of Buddha is one of the artifacts stolen during that period.
Date: Tang Dynasty; ca. 700
Subject: Limestone sculpture; Buddhism; China--History--Tang dynasty, 618-907
Former Location: Longmen; Henan
Current Location: Princeton University Art Museum
Type: Sculpture
Source: https://hen.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202301/17/WS63c6164ea3102ada8b22ba5c.html
Rights Holder: Princeton University Art Museum
References: https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/55504