Rama and Lakshmana Holding Bows, Seated under a Tree

Arts of Asia

Gupta period, c. 5th/6th century

India
Uttar Pradesh

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Rama and Lakshmana Holding Bows, Seated under a Tree
Place: Uttar Pradesh (Object Possibly 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.: 401 CE–600 CE
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: 24.7 × 29.1 × 10 cm (9 11/16 × 11 7/16 × 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line: James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection. Gift of Marilynn Alsdorf
Reference Number: 2021.244
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Washington, DC, Arthur Sackler Museum of Art, Sculpture of South and Southeast Asia, Nov. 19, 1993 –Jul. 11, 1996, no cat.

With James Singer, London, by Oct. 18, 1981 [this and the following according to receipt from James Singer, Oct. 18, 1981; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka and Chicago, IL, Oct. 18, 1981; by descent to Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago, 1990 [on long-term loan, Washington, D.C., Arthur Sackler Museum of Art, 1992–1996; publicly promised as a gift to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1997; signed a promised gift agreement for the work, 2008]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021.

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