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Victoria and Albert Museum, London

From a freestanding image of the Buddha, Dvaravati kingdom of central Thailand, 7th century to 8th century. Bought from Sotheby's. Formerly in the collection of Mr. J.T.Beard of New York.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Fletcher Fund, 1961.

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Afghanistan (probably Hadda), 5th–6th century. Purchase, 1986.
(NY Times: How One Looted Artifact Tells the Story of Modern Afghanistan)

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Chinese, Tang dynasty, circa A.D. 700. Purchased by the MFA from a New York dealer in 1976. Credit line: Mary S. and Edward Jackson Holmes Fund.

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Harvard Art Museums, Boston

Head of Buddha, Gandharan style. Pakistan, Kushan period, c.100 BCE–250 CE. Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, CT (by 1998), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1998.

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