Head of Buddha
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Charles-Honoré Lannuier was trained in Paris and immigrated in 1803 to New York, where he became one of the leading furniture makers. After the Revolutionary War and War of 1812, anti-English sentiment made French goods especially appealing to Americans. Lannuier imported French pattern books to keep abreast of the latest fashions. One of these books was the design source for the robustly carved and gilded supports in the form of caryatids (mythogical female figures); carved dolphin feet; and elaborate gilt-bronze mounts.
This table and the portrait of Washington nearby were both owned by Hezekiel Beers Pierrepont (1768–1838), scion of an important Brooklyn Heights family. The two objects stood in the Pierrepont house in Brooklyn Heights before they came to the Museum in the 1940s.
Caption
Head of Buddha, 5th century C.E.. Sandstone, 17 x 10 1/4 x 10 1/2 in., 71 lb. (43.2 x 26 x 26.7 cm, 32.21kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Manheim, 86.272. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.272_bw.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Title
Head of Buddha
Date
5th century C.E.
Period
Gupta Period
Geography
Place made: Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India
Medium
Sandstone
Classification
Dimensions
17 x 10 1/4 x 10 1/2 in., 71 lb. (43.2 x 26 x 26.7 cm, 32.21kg)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Manheim
Accession Number
86.272
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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