Lamp with Deified Figure Upheld by Garuda

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Arts of Asia

15th century or earlier

Nepal

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Lamp with Deified Figure Upheld by Garuda
Place: Nepal (Object made in)
Date: 1401–1500
Medium: Terracotta with traces of vermilion pigment
Dimensions: 33 × 19.6 × 17.4 cm (13 × 7 11/16 × 6 13/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Marilyn Walter Ground in honor of Dr. Pratapaditya Pal
Reference Number: 1995.468
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Pratapaditya Pal, Icons of Piety, Images of Whimsy (LACMA, 1987), p. 79: pl. 42.

Gifted to the Art Institute by Mrs. Marilyn Walter Grounds, Princeton, NJ., April 5, 1996.

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