Ewer with Crocodile (Makara) Spout

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Arts of Asia

16th century

Eastern Tibet
Kham

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Ewer with Crocodile (Makara) Spout
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.: 1501–1600
Medium: Brass with copper bands over bamboo core
Dimensions: 50.1 × 12.2 × 21.3 cm (19 3/4 × 4 13/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Alsdorf Foundation, Asian Benefit, Mary Diamond, Edward Douglas, Felix and Helen Juda Foundation; Margaret Gentles and Kemp Benevolent funds; Margrette Dornbusch, and Frederick Gookin endowments; through prior acquisitions of Katharine Kuh
Reference Number: 1996.437
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Pratapaditya Pal, Tibet: Tradition & Change (Albuquerque, NM: The Albuquerque Museum, 1997), pp. 184-185, pl. 92.

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

Sold to the Art Institute by Mr. Christopher Bruchner, Carter Fine Art Limited, London, United Kingdom, April 29, 1996.

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