Plaster cast of a bust of Buddha

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Description

In 1906, even before the building was constructed, the museum acquired its first object – a plaster cast head of Buddha made by John Lockwood Kipling. John Lockwood Kipling was a British artist who spent most of his working life in India. In 1865, he was appointed as a professor in the J. J. School of Arts, Bombay (now Mumbai), and later became its principal. During 1870–1872, Kipling was commissioned by the government to tour the North-west Frontier (Punjab) and Kashmir to make a series of sketches and paintings of Indian craftsmen as well as various sites and antiquities in these regions. The present plaster cast was perhaps done by Kipling during this tour.

Presented to the museum by Mrs. Grattan Geary

Collection

Buddhist Art

Artist

John Lockwood Kipling (1837–1911)

Object Type

Plaster Cast

Material

Plaster Cast

Schools/Culture/Period

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Technique

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Date

Late 19th Century CE

Location

Takht-i-Bahi, Pakistan