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
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
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1996
Acquired from Mathias Komor, New York
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.
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1996
专家说明
Pal notes that this is one of the earliest known depictions of a dancing figure found on the subcontinent.
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