Details
- Title : Bhairava
- Year : 15th-16th century
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Gilt copper repousse with pigment
- Dimension : H x W x D: 41.9 x 41.1 x 17.7 cm (16 1/2 x 16 3/16 x 6 15/16 in)
- Accession No : S1999.116
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Collection : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
- Credit Line : Purchase -- funds provided by the Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries
- Previous custodian or owner : Doris Wiener Gallery Stuart Cary Welch (1928-2008)
- Provenance : To 1964 Doris Wiener Gallery, New York. [1] From 1964 to ? Stuart Cary Welch (1928-2008), Cambridge, Massachusetts, purchased from Doris Wiener, Inc., New York in 1964. [2] From ? to 1999 Doris Wiener Gallery, New York. [3] From 1999 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from Doris Wiener Gallery, New York in 1999. [4]
- Notes : [1] According to the Curatorial Justification, “The object was sold in New York in 1964 to Stuart Cary Welch by Doris Wiener; it was subsequently published in P. Pal ed. Nepal: Where the Gods are Young, New York: Asia House Gallery, 1975 as cat. #66.” See Acquisition Justification, copy in object file, Collections Management Office. Please also note, the 1975 catalogue entry edited by P. Pal, where the object is mentioned, is credited to “Lent anonymously”.