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 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: 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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