Lot Essay
Pratapaditya Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, p. 46 and 282, cat. no. 47
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INIDA, TAMILNADU, 17TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze figure of Narasimha
Inida, Tamilnadu, 17th century
The four-armed lion-headed deity seated on a lotus base over a stepped throne, holding a conch shell and chakra in his upper hands, his wife seated on his left leg, the throne finely incised
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high
Inida, Tamilnadu, 17th century
The four-armed lion-headed deity seated on a lotus base over a stepped throne, holding a conch shell and chakra in his upper hands, his wife seated on his left leg, the throne finely incised
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high
Provenance
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1996
Exhibited
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1996