Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya and Vessel Overflowing with Foliage (Purnagata)

Arts of Asia

15th/16th century

Tibet or Nepal
Southern Tibet or Nepal

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya and Vessel Overflowing with Foliage (Purnagata)
Place: Tibet (Influence from)
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.: 1401–1600
Medium: Gilt copper worked in repousse
Dimensions: 19.8 × 13.1 × 2.6 cm (7 13/16 × 5 3/16 × 1 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf
Reference Number: 2014.1013
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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 (The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, 1997), p. 304, cat. 145 pl. p. 119.

Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka and Chicago, IL, by Aug. 9, 1996 [on long-term loan at the Art Institute of Chicago, Aug. 9, 1996, and Apr. 23, 2008]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2014.

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