Two-Armed God Ganesha Holding a Bowl of Sweets

c. 3rd/4th century

India
Uttar Pradesh, Mathura region

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

Title: Two-Armed God Ganesha Holding a Bowl of Sweets
Place: Mathura (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.: 201 CE–400 CE
Medium: Sandstone
Dimensions: 19.3 × 11.2 × 5.6 cm (7 9/16 × 4 3/8 × 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection. Gift of Marilynn Alsdorf
Reference Number: 2021.245
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Stella Kramrisch, Manifestations of Shiva (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1981), 74–75, cat. 61.
Sara L. Schastok, The Samalaji Sculptures and 6th century Art in Western India (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1985), 59, fn. 10.
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), 51 (ill.), 284–85, cat. 54.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Manifestations of Shiva, Mar. 29–June 7, 1981, cat. 61; Fort Worth, TX, Kimbell Art Museum, Aug. 1–Sept. 27, 1981; Seattle Art Museum, Nov. 25, 1981–Jan. 31, 1982; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mar. 23–May 5, 1982.
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. 54.

With James Singer, Oriental Art, London, by Feb. 21, 1979 [this and the following according to receipts from James Singer, Feb. 21 and Mar. 1, 1979; copies in curatorial object file]; sold to James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka and Chicago, IL, Feb. 21, 1979; by descent to Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago, 1990 [on long-term loan to the Art Institute, 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, 2021.

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