Ascetic Holding a Skull
c. 500
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Ascetic Holding a Skull, c. 500. China, Northern Wei dynasty (386-534). Gilt bronze; overall: 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.); figure: 18.1 cm (7 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1980.25
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- gilt bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.); Figure: 18.1 cm (7 1/8 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1980.25
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1980, International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1935-6, cat. no. 522, p. 52 (Royal Academy of Arts)<br>Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939, no. 61<br>Fogg Museum of Art 1939-45
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures
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