Furniture Leg with Dancing Nature spirits (Yakshis)

Arts of Asia

c. 17th century

India
Odisha

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Furniture Leg with Dancing Nature spirits (Yakshis)
Place: Odisha (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1601–1700
Medium: Patinated ivory
Dimensions: 22.3 × 7 × 7 cm (8 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection. Gift of Marilynn Alsdorf
Reference Number: 2022.7
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Pratapaditya Pal with contributions by Stephen Little, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, 1997), 239 (ill.), 346, cat. 326.

Art Institute of Chicago, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Aug. 2–Oct. 26, 1997), cat. 326.

With Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, by Mar. 26, 1981 [this and the following according to invoice and statement from Doris Wiener Gallery, Mar. 26 and May 1, 1981; copies in curatorial object file]; sold to James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka and Chicago IL, by May 1, 1981; by descent to Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago, 1990 [on long-term loan at the Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 23, 1983; publicly promised as a gift to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1997; offered as a promised gift to the Art Institute, 2002]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2022.

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