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Head of Buddha
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While large Buddhist statues were made mostly in stone during the Goryeo period (918–1392), small ones were made in gilt bronze, as a portable object of devotion by traveling Buddhist monks.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineHead of Buddha (금동불두 [金銅佛頭]), 900s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Gilt bronze; overall: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert H. Ellsworth in honor of Sherman E. Lee, 1985.190
