Object Details
- Previous custodian or owner
- Marino Costelletos
- Rossi & Rossi, Ltd.
- Provenance
- To at least 1973
- Mr. and Mrs. Marinos Costelletos [1]
- To 1998
- Rossi & Rossi, Ltd., London, to 1998
- From 1998
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Rossi & Rossi, Ltd. in 1998
- Notes:
- [1] Inscription in red ink on back indicates loan to the Brooklyn Museum. According to Curatorial Note 4 in the object record, the object was on loan to the Brooklyn Museum from Mr. and Mrs. Marinos Consteletos until May 18, 1973, when it was released to a shipping company and forwarded to Sotheby's in London.
- Credit Line
- Purchase — funds provided by the Friends of Asian Arts
- 11th century
- Period
- Pala-Sena dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1998.24
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Stone
- Medium
- Stone
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (overall): 101.7 x 76.7 x 23.8 cm (40 1/16 x 30 3/16 x 9 3/8 in)
- Origin
- Bengal or Bihar, Eastern India
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- Buddhism
- Buddha
- Pala-Sena dynasty (750 - 1100)
- India
- bhumisparsha mudra
- South Asian and Himalayan Art
- WWII-era provenance
- Record ID
- fsg_F1998.24
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye306b6b42c-170c-4e55-8a8e-c050eb217963
