Details
Seated in dhyanasana on a waisted rectangular plinth with his hands resting on his knees, clad in a short sampot with rolled hem and adorned with a sacred thread and armlets, the face with pendent trunk and almond-shaped eyes centered by the third eye on the forehead and surmounted by a low diadem
512 in. (13.9 cm.) high
Provenance
The Property of a Nobleman; Christie's London, 13 June 1977, lot 131.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
Literature
P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey, Chicago, 1997, pp. 54 and 285, cat. no. 61.
Exhibited
The Art Institute of Chicago, “A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection,” 2 August-26 October 1997, cat. no. 61.
On loan to The Art Institute of Chicago, 1997-2010 (294.1997).
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