Lot Essay
Pal notes that this is one of the earliest known depictions of a dancing figure found on the subcontinent.
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INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH, 5TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze roundel with a dancer
India, Uttar Pradesh, 5th century
Depicting a figure in a dynamic pose wearing a short dhoti and flying sash, with remains of a knob on the verso
2 in. (5.1 cm.) diameter
India, Uttar Pradesh, 5th century
Depicting a figure in a dynamic pose wearing a short dhoti and flying sash, with remains of a knob on the verso
2 in. (5.1 cm.) diameter
Provenance
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1996
Acquired from Mathias Komor, New York
Acquired from Mathias Komor, New York
Literature
Pratapaditya Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, p. 240 and 345, cat. no. 318
Pratapaditya Pal, The Ideal Image, 1978, p. 63, cat. no. 10.
Pratapaditya Pal, The Ideal Image, 1978, p. 63, cat. no. 10.
Exhibited
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1996