Linga Cover with Head of God Shiva

Arts of Asia

8th/9th century

India
Himachal Pradesh

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Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Linga Cover with Head of God Shiva
Place: Himachal Pradesh (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.: 701 CE–900 CE
Medium: Brass
Dimensions: 16.2 × 9.9 × 4.5 cm (6 3/8 × 3 7/8 × 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection. Gift of Marilynn Alsdorf
Reference Number: 2021.231
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Ulrich von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes (Hong Kong and Switzerland: Visual Dharma Publications, 1989), 25, pl. 25A.
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), 18 (ill.), 273, cat. 11.

With N.V.S. Douglas, Peeksill, NY, by Aug. 17, 1982 [this and the following according to letter from N.V.S Douglas and invoice, Sceptre Holdings, Aug. 17, 1982; copies in curatorial object file]; sold by partial exchange through Sceptre Holdings to James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka and Chicago, IL, Aug. 17, 1982; by descent to Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago, 1990 [on long-term loan at the Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 25 1998; signed a promised gift agreement for the work, 2008]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021.

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