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9/2/2020 Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art | Sotheby's

Indian, Hi ma layan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 12:00 PM EDT

Lot 354

A COPPE R ALLOY FIGURE OF UMA , SOUTH INDIA , CHOLA PE RIOD, 11TH CENTUR Y
Estimate: 120,000 - 180,000 USD

PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF UMA
SOUTH INDIA, CHOLA PERIOD, 11TH CENTURY

Height 19 ½ in. (48.6 cm)

Provenance
Dr. J.R. Belmont Collection, 1950s
Sotheby's London, February 27 and 28, 1967, lot 124
Pan Asian Collection
Robert H. Ellsworth Collection
Sotheby's New York, October 5, 1990, lot 85
Sotheby's New York, March 20, 2013, lot 277

Exhibition
"Indische Kunst," Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, January 20 — March 13, 1966, and Museum für Kunst under
Gewerbe, Hamburg, May 18 — July 31, 1966
Formerly on loan to the Denver Art Museum, 1977 — 1982

Literature
Indische Kunst, catalogue of the exhibition held by the Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, January 20 through March 13,
1966, and Museum für Kunst under Gewerbe, Hamburg, May 18 through July 31, 1966, no. 107 and 108

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