Eight-Armed Dancing God Ganesha

Arts of Asia

17th century

Nepal
Kathmandu Valley

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Eight-Armed Dancing God Ganesha
Place: Kathmandu Valley (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.: 1601–1800
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: 88.5 × 47.5 × 19.5 cm (34 7/8 × 18 3/4 × 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf
Reference Number: 2014.1042
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With Galerie Marco Polo, Paris, by June 2, 1979 [this and the following according to invoice from Galerie Marco Polo, June 2, 1979; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka and Chicago, IL, June 2, 1979; by descent to Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago, 1990 [on long-term loan at the Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 22, 1983; signed a promised gift agreement for the work, 2008]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2014.

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