Lamp with Deified Figure Upheld by Garuda

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Arts of Asia

15th century or earlier

Nepal

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Lamp with Deified Figure Upheld by Garuda
Place: Nepal (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.: 1401–1500
Medium: Terracotta with traces of vermilion pigment
Dimensions: 33 × 19.6 × 17.4 cm (13 × 7 11/16 × 6 13/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Marilyn Walter Ground in honor of Dr. Pratapaditya Pal
Reference Number: 1995.468
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Pratapaditya Pal, Icons of Piety, Images of Whimsy (LACMA, 1987), p. 79: pl. 42.

Gifted to the Art Institute by Mrs. Marilyn Walter Grounds, Princeton, NJ., April 5, 1996.

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