Jambhala, the God of Wealth, Seated on a Dragon

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Arts of Asia

15th century

Eastern Tibet

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Jambhala, the God of Wealth, Seated on a Dragon
Place: Tibet (Object made in)
Date: 1401–1500
Medium: Ivory with traces of gilding and pigment
Dimensions: 13.7 × 7.5 × 3.8 cm (5 3/8 × 3 × 1 1/2 in.); With pins: H.: 15.3 cm (6 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Arthur Rubloff
Reference Number: 1996.30
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Pratapaditya Pal, Tibet: Tradition and Change. (The Albuquerque Museum, 1997) plate 57c.
Stephen Little “Recent Acquisitions in the Department of Asian Art,” The Art Institute of Chicago: Museum Studies, 22, 1 (1996), p. 10: 3.

Albuquerque, NM, The Albuquerque Museum, Tibet: Tradition and Change October 18, 1997 - May 24, 1998.

Sold to the Art Institute by Spink and Son Limited, London, United Kingdom, November 20, 1995.

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