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Arts of Asia

Champa period, 11th–12th century

Vietnam, probably Thu Thien, Binh Dinh province

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Cham
Title: Celestial Beauty (Apsara) in Adoration
Place: Vietnam (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.: 1075–1125
Medium: Sandstone
Dimensions: 54.7 × 30.5 × 34.3 cm (21 1/2 × 12 × 13 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf
Reference Number: 1998.748
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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 (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, 1997), 209 (plate), 335, cat. 277.
Stephen Little, “Southeast Asian Sculptures from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection”, Orientations, vol. 28, no. 7 (July/Aug. 1997), 62, fig. 12.
Pratapaditya Pal, “A Collecting Odyssey: Reflections on the Alsdorf Collection”, Arts of Asia, vol. 27 (Sept.–Oct. 1997), 103, 105, fig. 10.

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. 277.

Probably with Spink & Son, by July 21, 1980; with James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka, IL, by 1990; by descent to Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago, IL, 1990; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, December 30, 1998.

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