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A COPPER FIGURE OF VISHNU EXHIBITED:
NEPAL, THAKURI PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY The Art Institute of Chicago, “A Collecting Odyssey:
Standing on a rectangular base, holding the chakra, lotus, conch and mace in his four Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the
James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection,” 2 August-26
hands, dressed in a dhoti secured at the waist with a beaded belt and adorned with a sacred
thread and various jewelry, the face surmounted by a mitred crown and backed by a October 1997, cat. no. 33.
flaming nimbus LITERATURE:
P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and
6æ in. (17.1 cm.) high
Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf
$8,000-12,000 Collection, Chicago, 1997, pp. 35 and 279, cat. no. 33.
PROVENANCE:
尼泊爾 塔庫里王朝 十世紀 鎏金銅毗濕奴立像
Andrew Rogers, Hong Kong, 19 February 1979.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago. 來源:
Andrew Rogers, 香港, 1979年2月19日入藏。
詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮·阿爾斯多夫珍藏，芝加哥。
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