Four-Armed Sarasvati, Goddess of Learning, Seated in Lotus Position (Padmasana)

Hoysala period, 12th century

India
Karnataka

Status: On View, Gallery 141
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Four-Armed Sarasvati, Goddess of Learning, Seated in Lotus Position (Padmasana)
Place: Karnataka (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.: 1201–1300
Medium: Chlorite phyllite
Dimensions: 89.6 × 56 × 32.8 cm (35 1/4 × 22 × 12 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf
Reference Number: 2019.733
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Spink & Son, Ltd., Octagon, vol. XII, no. 2 (Summer 1975): 21.
Pratapaditya Pal with contributions by Stephen Little, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, 1997), 193 (ill.), 329–330, cat. 252.

Art Institute of Chicago, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Aug. 2–Oct. 26, 1997, cat. 252.

Sylvia Lawford, Switzerland, by Dec. 20, 1972 [this and the following according to letters from Spink & Son, Dec. 20, 1972, and June 21, 1973; copies in curatorial object file]; sold through Spink & Son, Zurich, May 27, 1975, to James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka and Chicago, IL [according to invoice from Spink & Son, May 27, 1975; copy in curatorial object file]; by descent to Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago, 1990 [on long-term loan at the Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 17, 1997; publicly promised as a gift to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1997; signed a promised gift agreement for the work, 2002]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019.

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